Table 1.

Baseline characteristic properties of study patients and controls

	ED group (n = 80)	Control group (n = 80)	P value
Age (years)	60.4 ± 11.3	55.4 ± 9.6	0.07
Diabetes mellitus (%)	43	36	0.15
Hypertension (%)	37	30	0.20
Smoke (%)	63	57	0.35
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)	114.4 ± 35.4	106.7 ± 28.8	0.32
Creatinin (mg/dl)	0.80 ± 0.3	0.77 ± 0.5	0.10
Trigliseride (mg/dl)	191.5 ± 77.8	185.7 ± 71.8	0.40
Total cholesterole (mg/dl)	214.3 ± 23.5	209.6 ± 21.6	0.33
LDL-C (mg/dl)	132.2 ± 18.5	124.3 ± 18.7	0.20
HDL-C (mg/dl)	43.4 ± 10.2	46.9 ± 11.7	0.37
IGF-1 level (ng/ml)	96.5 ± 38.3	132.54 ± 53.3	<0.001*
BMI	29.6 ± 3.1	25.9 ± 2.3	0.001*
ED score	12 ± 1.2	23 ± 0.8	<0.001*

Values are means (±SD) or percentages

BMI Body mass index, ED Erectile dysfunction, HDL-C HIgh-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, IGF-1 Insulin like growth factor-1

*P < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant