Results
Mean age, smoking volume, T and T / E2 ratios of the groups were similar
(p> 0.05). The mean BMI and WC were significantly higher in
Group 1 than Group 2 (p<0.05). Proportions of obesity and
morbid obesity were much higher in Group 1 than Group 2. The majority of
Group 1 patients had at least four or five MeTS criteria (50% + 11.5)
(Table 2). The majority of Group 2 patients had one or two criteria of
MeTS (37.6% + 43.9 %). Mean VAI was two-fold higher in patients in
Group 1 than Group 2 (p <0.001). Mean sexual satisfaction,
desire, orgasm, and general satisfaction rates were similar between
groups (p> 0.05). Group 1 had higher diabetes, hypertension
and coronary artery disease rates than Group 2 (p = 0.001). The mean
erectile function score was 13.6±7.7 in Group 1 compared to 18.8±7.9 in
Group 2 (p = 0.001). Severe and moderate ED scores were observed in
61.5% of the cases in Group 1, while this rate was 39.1% in Group 2.
(Table 2). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the VAI
was associated with a 1.4-fold increased risk of ED (p <0.01,
OR = 1.4 (95% CI 1.4-1.7) and higher T values were associated with a
better erectile function (p = 0.03, OR = 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-1). Regarding
the VAI, the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed for
the VAI=4.33 value, the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.835 (95% CI:
0.786-0.884) with a sensitivity of 89.6 % and specificity of 57.7 %
(Figure 1).