| Yazarlar |
Doç. Dr. Ümit YILDIRIM
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Muammer KARAKAYALI
Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet USLU
Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet EZER
Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İsmet Bilger ERİHAN
Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İnanç ARTAÇ
Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Timor OMAR
Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Yavuz KARABAĞ
Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. İbrahim RENCÜZOĞULLARI
Türkiye |
| Özet |
| By the beginning of this study in 2019, it was known that hypertension is a risk factor for erectile dysfunction, and also, there are circadian changes that occur in blood pressure. Further, non-dipping hypertension is known to be linked to poor cardiac outcomes and erectile functions, so the research described in this article was initiated with an aim to explore the potential relationship between erectile dysfunction and circadian patterns of newly diagnosed hypertension. Between April 2019 and May 2022, 583 patients aged 30-70 years were diagnosed with erectile dysfunction (ED) in our outpatient clinic. Applying our exclusion criteria to 583 patients, a group of 371 patients left with us; these patients were referred to the cardiology clinic for hypertension evaluation with consecutive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Data were collected for the study prospectively. Of the 371 patients evaluated with ABPM, 125 had newly diagnosed hypertension (mean BP ≥135/85 mmHg in ABPM). These patients were divided into two groups according to the pattern of hypertension identified in ABPM: dippers (Group D) and non-dippers (Group ND). They were then compared using clinical and laboratory findings, including erectile function scores. While the number of patients in the ND group was 83, the number in the D group was 42. In the ND group, the mean age was higher (59 ± 10 vs. 54 ± 12, p = 0.0024). IIEF-5 (international index of erectile function) scores were determined to be significantly lower in the ND group (14.4 ± 4.9 vs. 11.5 ± 4.6, p = 0.001). Also, serum creatinine levels were higher in Group ND than in D (0.96 ± 0.12 vs. 1 ± 0.15, p = 0.001). In our multivariate analysis, IIEF-5 scores (OR: 0.880, 95% CI: 0.811-0.955; p = 0.002) and serum creatinine levels (OR: 1027, 95% CI: 1003-1052; p = 0.025) were found to be independent risk factors of non-dipper HT. The cut-off value of the IIEF-5 score for non-dipper HT in a ROC curve analysis was 13.5 with 64.3% sensitivity and 66.1% specificity (area under curve value: 0.673 [95% CI: 0.573-0.772, p < 0.001]). This study showed that, in patients with ED, the non-dipper pattern was associated with poorer erectile function when HT was newly diagnosed. We also found that the severity of erectile dysfunction is an independent marker for non-dipper HT. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| ambulatory blood pressure monitoring | circadian blood pressure | dipper hypertension | erectile dysfunction |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | ANDROLOGIA |
| Dergi ISSN | 0303-4569 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Dergi Grubu | Q2 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2022 |
| Cilt No | 54 |
| Sayı | 11 |
| Sayfalar | 1 / 6 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1111/and.14622 |
| Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/and.14622 |
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