Table 3. The association between the severity of ED and different vascular lesions.

Variable	Carotid IMT (>0.75 mm)	Lower limb plaques	Vascular lesions at any site	Vascular lesions at both sites
Mild ED
OR (95% CI)	2.513 (1.105, 5.712)	3.246 (1.480, 7.119)	5.850 (2.416, 14.167)	7.2 (1.933, 26.812)
P value	0.026	0.003	<0.001	0.005
Mild-moderate ED
OR (95% CI)	6.049 (2.875, 12.730)	2.235 (1.110, 4.503)	5.882 (2.765, 12.511)	12 (3.863, 37.277)
P value	<0.001	0.023	<0.001	<0.001
Moderate ED
OR (95% CI)	4.443 (1.801, 10.911)	5.069 (2.069, 12.414)	45.538 (5.847, 354.651)	50.4 (5.08, 499.997)
P value	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Severe ED
OR (95% CI)	2.178 (0.332, 14.277)	11.059 (1.154, 106.023)	5.692 (0.601, 53.898)	14 (1.095, 189.332)
P value	0.773	0.046	0.226	0.094

ED, erectile dysfunction; IMT, intima-media thickness; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence intervals.