Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the 979 men

Age, mean (range) years	58.2 (27–82)
Weight, mean (range) kg	89.2 (53.5–158.8)
Race, n (%)
White	873 (89.2)
Black	68 (6.9)
Asian	8 (0.8)
Other	30 (3.1)
ED duration, mean (range) years	4.5 (0.1–35.8)
ED etiology, % organic/mixed/psychogenic	72/17/11
Common concomitant medical conditions, n (%)
Hypertension	272 (27.8)
Diabetes mellitus	213 (21.8)
Hyperlipidemia	139 (14.2)
History of ischemic heart disease	83 (8.5)