High prevalence of erectile dysfunction in male patients with acute stroke was associated with age but not to modifiable cardiovascular risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Erectile dysfunction (ED) and stroke share common risk factors, and symptoms of ED often precede the development of clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, little is known about how ED is associated with cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in patients who had a stroke and if concomitant ED is a marker of more severe CVD.

Aims

We aimed to identify the prevalence of ED and CV risk factors in patients admitted with a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). Further, we wanted to test if self-reported ED associated with presence of CV risk factors, and if patients with ED had increased stroke severity compared with patients without ED.

Methods

This was a post hoc analysis of data retrieved in a cross-sectional survey from two non-comprehensive stroke un

SUBMITTER: Schjorring CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11298744 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature