Are All Metabolic Syndrome Components Responsible for Penile Hemodynamics Impairment in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction? The Role of Body Fat Mass Assessment

There is a strong association between MetS and ED, but within MetS criteria, only HTA was independently associated with the deterioration of penile hemodynamics parameters. Although the classical methods of evaluating obesity in MetS were not individually associated with PDDU impairment, BF% represented by itself an excellent predictor of vascular ED. Tomada N, Tomada I, Botelho F, Cruz F, and Vendeira P. Are all metabolic syndrome components responsible for penile hemodynamics impairment in patients with erectile dysfunction? The role of body fat mass assessment. J Sex Med 2011;8:831-839.