An investigation into the relationship between prostate size, peak urinary flow rate and male erectile dysfunction
Open Access
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal Of Impotence Research
- Vol. 13 (6) , 322-325
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3900761
Abstract
This study sought to identify whether a true relationship exists between benign prostatatic hyperplasia (BPH) and erectile dysfunction (ED). In a community-based study, 427 men underwent transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), uroflow studies and a questionnaire concerning erectile function. ED had a significant correlation to age (r=0.19, Pr=0.26, Pr=−0.13, P=0.02). Prostate size and uroflow studies show no correlation with ED, but ED and BPH had a significant correlation with ageing. This makes a direct association between male ED and BPH unlikely but supports the theory that the association between the two pathologies could be due instead to the common link of ageing.Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- The effect of prostatectomy on symptom severity and quality of lifeBritish Journal of Urology, 1996
- Natural History of Prostatism: Relationship Among Symptoms, Prostate Volume and Peak Urinary Flow RateJournal of Urology, 1995
- Assessment and treatment of impotenceMedical Clinics of North America, 1995
- Sexual Function and DysfunctionJournal of Urology, 1994
- Safety assessment of terazosin in thetreatment of patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: A combined analysisUrology, 1994
- Impotence and Its Medical and Psychosocial Correlates: Results of the Massachusetts Male Aging StudyJournal of Urology, 1994
- The Effect of Finasteride in Men with Benign Prostatic HyperplasiaNew England Journal of Medicine, 1992
- Predicted prostate specific antigen results using transrectal ultrasound gland volume. Differentiation of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancerCancer, 1992
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Erectile Dysfunction: A ReviewUrologia Internationalis, 1992
- The Development of Human Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with AgeJournal of Urology, 1984