Research Article

Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Table 4

Distribution of studied cases according to erection hardness grading score.

Erection hardness grading scoreCases with ED (n = 52)Cases without ED (n = 48)P-value

Full hard and rigid erection0 (0%)100%<0.001
Tumescence and rigidity sufficient for sexual intercourse (sufficiently hard erection for penetration but not fully hard)17 (32.7%)0 (0%)
Tumescence and rigidity are not sufficient for sexual intercourse (slightly hard erection)30 (57.7%)0 (0%)
Tumescence alone (increase in the penis size but no hardness)1 (1.9%)0 (0%)
Penis does not enlarge4 (7.7%)0 (0%)