| Title: |
Serum albumin levels as a useful complementary marker for erectile dysfunction in ulcerative colitis: A cross‐sectional study. |
| Authors: |
Yamamoto, Yasunori1 (AUTHOR), Furukawa, Shinya2 (AUTHOR) shinya.furukawa@gmail.com, Miyake, Teruki3 (AUTHOR), Yoshida, Osamu3 (AUTHOR), Shiraishi, Kana3 (AUTHOR), Hashimoto, Yu3 (AUTHOR), Tange, Kazuhiro4 (AUTHOR), Kitahata, Shogo5 (AUTHOR), Ninomiya, Tomoyuki5 (AUTHOR), Yagi, Sen6 (AUTHOR), Hanayama, Masakazu7 (AUTHOR), Suzuki, Seiyuu8 (AUTHOR), Shibata, Naozumi9 (AUTHOR), Murakami, Hidehiro10 (AUTHOR), Ohashi, Katsuhisa11 (AUTHOR), Tomida, Hideomi1 (AUTHOR), Takeshita, Eiji4 (AUTHOR), Ikeda, Yoshio1 (AUTHOR), Hiasa, Yoichi3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
International Journal of Urology. Feb2024, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p154-159. 6p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SERUM albumin, *ULCERATIVE colitis, *IMPOTENCE, *JAPANESE people, *CROSS-sectional method |
| Abstract: |
Objective: Recently, a close association between ulcerative colitis (UC) and erectile dysfunction (ED) was reported. An inverse relationship between serum albumin and ED is found in patients with chronic disease. However, the association between serum albumin levels and ED in patients with UC is unclear. This study aims to investigate this issue in Japanese patients with UC. Methods: One hundred and thirty‐six Japanese male UC patients were enrolled in this study. Information on serum albumin levels and medications for UC from medical records, Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) score information from self‐administered questionnaires and information on the severity of UC from physician reports were obtained from medical records, self‐administered questionnaires, and reports from physicians. The participants were divided into tertiles based on the total protein, serum globulin, serum albumin, aspartate aminotransferase, and C‐reactive protein levels. The definition of ED and severe ED was SHIM score < 22 and SHIM score < 8, respectively. The association between these serum markers and ED was assessed by multivariate logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of severe ED in the low, moderate, and high albumin groups was 66.0%, 51.0%, and 28.3%, respectively. After adjusting for confounding factors, the low albumin group was independently and positively associated with severe ED (adjusted odds ratio: 2.74, 95% confidence interval: 1.03–7.48, p for trend =0.044). No association between other marker and ED was found. Conclusion: Serum albumin was independently inversely associated with severe ED in Japanese patients with UC. Hypoalbuminemia might be a useful complementary marker for assessing the prevalence and severity of ED in UC patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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