Association between the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and erectile dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome
This study was designed to investigate whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism is associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) in Russian men with metabolic syndrome (MS). A total of 331 men with MS were studied. All patients underwent complex evaluation includ...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of impotence research Jg. 20; H. 1; S. 68 - 72 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
01.01.2008
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| ISSN: | 0955-9930, 1476-5489, 1476-5489 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This study was designed to investigate whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism is associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) in Russian men with metabolic syndrome (MS). A total of 331 men with MS were studied. All patients underwent complex evaluation including the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) questionnaire. The ACE I/D polymorphism was determined by polymerase chain reaction. Overall, 182 men (55.0%) had ED according to the IIEF erectile function domain score. In the ED group, the prevalence of DD genotype was found to be significantly higher compared to the non-ED group (
P
<0.001). In both groups, patients with DD genotype were significantly younger than patients with other genotypes (
P
<0.001). In addition, in the ED group, the disease affected patients with DD genotype at a significantly younger age (
P
<0.001). Obtained results give evidence to support the finding that the D allele is a risk factor for the micro- and macrovascular diseases. |
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| Bibliographie: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 14 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0955-9930 1476-5489 1476-5489 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901598 |