Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Treatment Upon Erectile Function in Hypertensive Men: Findings From the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The effect of intensive blood pressure control upon erectile function in men with hypertension, but without diabetes, is largely unknown.

Aim

To examine the effects of intensive systolic blood pressure (SBP) lowering on erectile function in a multiethnic clinical trial of men with hypertension.

Methods

We performed subgroup analyses from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial ([SPRINT]; ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT120602, in a sample of 1255 men aged 50 years or older with hypertension and increased cardiovascular disease risk. Participants were randomly assigned to an intensive treatment group (SBP goal of <120 mmHg) or a standard treatment group (SBP goal of <140 mmHg).

Main outcome measure

The main outcome measure was change in erectile funct

SUBMITTER: Foy CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7079565 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature