Significance of blood lipids parameters as effective markers for arteriogenic erectile dysfunction.

The aim of the study was to investigate the ability of the blood lipids parameters to predict the discrimination of arteriogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) MATERIALS AND METHODS: 260 subjects with ED and 60 healthy controls were enrolled. Eight lipid parameters, including total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), LDL-C, HDL-C, non-HDL-C, TC/HDL ratio, TG/HDL ratio and LDL/HDL ratio, together with other plasma biomarkers like sex hormones were measured in all participants. Nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT), penile color Doppler ultrasonography (pDUS), and neurophysiological tests were conducted in the ED group.
Forty-four ED patients with normal NPT and 84 with normal vasculature or mixed vascular abnormalities were excluded. The remaining 132 men were classified into two groups, arteriogenic ED (n = 87) and venous leakage (n = 45), by pDUS. TC/HDL, LDL/HDL and LDL-C were significantly higher (P These findings suggest the LDL/HDL and HDL-C might be a powerful indicator to predict and diagnose arteriogenic ED, and lipid-lowing therapy should be considered for these patients.
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