Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Sleep Apnea--A Nationwide Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Increased incidence of erectile dysfunction (ED) has been reported among patients with sleep apnea (SA). However, this association has not been confirmed in a large-scale study. We therefore performed a population-based cohort study using Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) database to investigate the association of SA and ED. From the database of one million representative subjects randomly sampled from individuals enrolled in the NHI system in 2010, we identified adult patients having SA and excluded those having a diagnosis of ED prior to SA. From these suspected SA patients, those having SA diagnosis after polysomnography were defined as probable SA patients. The dates of their first SA diagnosis were defined as their index dates. Each SA patient was matched to 30 randomly-selected,

SUBMITTER: Chen CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503619 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature