Determinants of male reproductive health disorders: the Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS)

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Table 2 Age-adjusted associations of biomedical factors with male reproductive health problems: OR (95% CI)

Characteristic	Number of men with the condition/taking medication^a	ED	LUTS	PD	pAD
Co-morbid condition (self-report)
Cerebrovascular disease	177	2.1 (1.5-3.0)*	1.5 (1.1-2.1)*	1.0 (0.7-1.4)	1.3 (0.9-1.9)
Cardiovascular disease	559	2.0 (1.6-2.5)**	1.4 (1.2-1.7)**	1.2 (1.0-1.4)	1.5 (1.2-1.8)**
Hypertensive disease	1294	1.6 (1.3-1.8)**	1.5 (1.3-1.7)**	1.1 (1.0-1.4)	1.5 (1.3-1.8)**
Diabetes requiring treatment	345	2.8 (2.1-3.7)**	1.4 (1.1-1.8)*	0.8 (0.7-1.1)	2.2 (1.7-2.8)**
Depressive symptomatology	640	1.8 (1.4-2.3)**	1.7 (1.4-2.1)**	1.6 (1.2-2.1)**	2.1 (1.7-2.7)**
Prostate surgery	303	3.0 (2.3-4.0)**	1.3 (1.0-1.7)	--	1.8 (1.4-2.3)**
Medication
Depression	706	1.9 (1.5-2.3)**	1.7 (1.4-2.1)**	1.5 (1.2-1.8)**	2.1 (1.7-2.5)**
High Blood pressure	1218	1.7 (1.5-2.0)**	1.3 (1.1-1.5)*	1.2 (1.0-1.5)	1.4 (1.2-1.6)**
High cholesterol	857	1.8 (1.5-2.1)**	1.3 (1.1-1.5)*	1.2 (1.0-1.5)	1.6 (1.4-1.9)**

^a Note: numbers included in each analysis differ slightly from those presented here due to missing data.
* p < 0.01 ** p < 0.001

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