Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of erectile dysfunction: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

Wang, Sheng-Chiang; Chien, Wu-Chien; Chung, Chi-Hsiang; Tzeng, Nian-Sheng; Liu, Yia-Ping

doi:10.1186/s12991-021-00368-w

Annals of General Psychiatry

Table 1 Characteristics of study at the baseline

From: Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of erectile dysfunction: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

PTSD	With		Without		P
Variables	n	%	n	%	P
Total	1079	25.00	3237	75.00
Age (years)	36.05 ± 14.11		36.73 ± 14.28		0.174
Age group (years)					0.999
20–39	869	80.54	2607	80.54
≥ 40	210	19.46	630	19.46
Insured premium (NT$)					0.998
< 18,000	967	89.62	2901	89.62
18,000–34,999	80	7.41	241	7.45
≥ 35,000	32	2.97	95	2.93
Dementia	3	0.28	4	0.12	0.337
Schizophrenia	40	3.71	144	4.45	0.338
Anxiety	68	6.30	5	0.15	< 0.001
Bipolar disorder	123	11.40	15	0.46	< 0.001
Depression	471	43.65	24	0.74	< 0.001
Stroke	19	1.76	82	2.53	0.163
Coronary artery disease	7	0.65	97	3.00	< 0.001
Hypertension	49	4.54	165	5.10	0.517
Diabetes mellitus	17	1.58	150	4.63	< 0.001
Asthma	9	0.83	50	1.54	0.095
Alcohol-related disease	49	4.54	118	3.65	0.202
CCI					< 0.001
0	1029	95.37	2794	86.31
1	25	2.32	231	7.14
2	11	1.02	70	2.16
3	6	0.56	93	2.87
≥ 4	8	0.74	49	1.51
Antidepressants	959	88.88	246	6.98	< 0.001
1–364 days	311	28.82	157	4.85
≥ 365 days	648	60.06	69	2.13
SSRI	892	82.67	153	4.72	< 0.001
1–364 days	345	31.97	104	3.21
≥ 365 days	547	50.70	49	1.51
SNRI	937	86.84	136	4.20	< 0.001
1–364 days	338	31.33	99	3.06
≥ 365 days	599	55.51	37	1.14
Other antidepressants	948	87.85	162	5.00	< 0.001
1–364 days	375	34.75	112	3.46
≥ 365 days	573	53.10	50	1.54
Sedative/hypnotics	884	81.92	173	5.34	< 0.001
1–364 days	431	39.94	95	2.93
≥ 365 days	453	41.98	78	2.41
Antipsychotics	839	77.76	137	4.23	< 0.001
1–364 days	368	34.11	66	2.04
≥ 365 days	471	43.65	71	2.19
Residence of Taiwan					< 0.001
Northern Taiwan	755	69.97	1315	40.62
Middle Taiwan	122	11.31	911	28.14
Southern Taiwan	163	15.11	790	24.41
Eastern Taiwan	28	2.59	209	6.46
Outlets islands	11	1.02	12	0.37
Urbanization level					< 0.001
1 (the highest)	177	16.40	1063	32.84
2	776	71.92	1362	42.08
3	57	5.28	289	8.93
4 (the lowest)	69	6.39	523	16.16
Levels of hospitals					< 0.001
Medical center	693	64.23	1031	31.85
Regional hospital	312	28.92	1143	35.31
Local hospital	74	6.86	1063	32.84

PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder, P Chi-square/Fisher exact test on category variables and t-test on continue variables, NT$ New Taiwan Dollars, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, stroke, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and alcohol-related illness, SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SNRI serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor

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