Adherence to mediterranean diet and erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 diabetes

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1911-1917

  Giugliano, Francesco ^a   Maiorino, Maria Ida ^a   Bellastella, Giuseppe ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^a   De Sio, Marco ^a   Giugliano, Dario ^a   Esposito, Katherine ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Mediterranean Diet; Type 2 Diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET THERAPY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 77953548284     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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