Testosterone is associated with erectile dysfunction: A cross-sectional study in Chinese men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Liao, Ming ^a,b   Huang, Xianghua ^b,d   Gao, Yong ^a,b,c   Tan, Aihua ^a,b   Lu, Zheng ^a,b   Wu, Chunlei ^a,b   Zhang, Youjie ^a,b   Yang, Xiaobo ^b   Zhang, Haiying ^b   Qin, Xue ^a,b   Mo, Zengnan ^a,b  

^a FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Guigang People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84862700850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039234     Document Type: Article

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