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Overweight as a risk factor for erectile dysfunction in adults treated at a regional hospital in Peru
Overweight as a risk factor for erectile dysfunction in adults treated at a regional hospital in Peru
Rosa Murga-Jara 1 
, Jorge Vera-Quipuzco 2
1 Escuela de Medicina Humana, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Perú; 2 Servicio de Urología, Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú
*Correspondence: Rosa Murga-Jara. Email: ross.2804.mj@gmail.com
Abstract
Objective: To identify whether overweight is a risk factor for ED in adult patients treated in the outpatient clinics of the urology department at the Regional Teaching Hospital of Trujillo, during the period 2022-2024.
Method: A retrospective case-control study was conducted with 168 patients, including 56 patients with ED (cases) and 112 without ED (controls), all treated in the urology department during the period 2022-2024. Various risk factors were analyzed, including smoking, age, and marital status. Statistical analysis was performed using the χ2 test, Mann-Whitney U test, and logistic regression.
Results: The frequency of overweight in patients with erectile dysfunction was 66.1%; the frequency of overweight in patients without erectile dysfunction was 24.1%; overweight is a risk factor for erectile dysfunction with an odds ratio of 6.131 which was significant (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Patients with ED were five times more likely to be overweight than those without ED.
Keywords: Overweight. Risk factor. Erectile dysfunction.
