Research Article

Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Risk Factors of Erectile Dysfunction: Results from a Prospective Real-World Study in the United Kingdom

Table 3

Diagnosed comorbidities reported in men with ED and men without ED.

ComorbiditiesED statusTwo-sided value
ED (n = 5,185)No ED (n = 7,305)

AIDS/HIV, n (%)79 (1.5)31 (0.4)<0.001
Anxiety, n (%)1,208 (23.3)1,209 (16.6)<0.001
Any cancer (not prostate), n (%)300 (5.8)179 (2.5)<0.001
Metastatic solid tumor (not prostate), n (%)46 (0.9)12 (0.2)<0.001
Prostate cancer, n (%)175 (3.4)47 (0.6)<0.001
Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%)243 (4.7)121 (1.7)<0.001
Congestive heart failure, n (%)70 (1.4)23 (0.3)<0.001
Heart attack, n (%)252 (4.9)118 (1.6)<0.001
Diabetes-chronic complications, n (%)81 (1.6)21 (0.3)<0.001
Diabetes-no chronic complications, n (%)744 (14.3)426 (5.8)<0.001
Dementia, n (%)34 (0.7)7 (0.1)<0.001
Enlarged prostate, n (%)466 (9.0)184 (2.5)<0.001
Heart disease, n (%)265 (5.1)119 (1.6)<0.001
Depression, n (%)1,258 (24.3)1,066 (14.6)<0.001
Hemiplegia/paraplegia, n (%)27 (0.5)11 (0.2)<0.001
Hypertension, n (%)1,649 (31.8)1,192 (16.3)<0.001
High cholesterol, n (%)1,433 (27.6)1,022 (14.0)<0.001
Kidney disease, n (%)93 (1.8)60 (0.8)<0.001
Liver disease (mild), n (%)92 (1.8)49 (0.7)<0.001
Liver disease (moderate to severe), n (%)33 (0.6)24 (0.3)0.012
Rheumatologic disease, n (%)314 (6.1)245 (3.4)<0.001
None of the above, n (%)1,365 (26.3)3,818 (52.3)<0.001

AIDS/HIV, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/human immunodeficiency virus; ED, erectile dysfunction. Positive depression screen (i.e., score ≥3 on Patient Health Questionnaire-2).