Is obesity correlated with sexual function in young men?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-279

  Tsao, Chih Wei ^a,b   Hsu, Chien Yeh ^b   Chou, Yu Ching ^c   Wu, Sheng Tang ^a   Sun, Guang Huan ^a   Yu, Dah Shyong ^a   Fan, Pao Luo ^a   Chen, Hong I ^a   Chang, Sun Yran ^a,d   Cha, Tai Lung ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Erectile dysfunction; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549090954     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.005678     Document Type: Article

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