Table 1.

Associations (OR, 95% CI) of peripheral neuropathy (monofilament testing) with erectile dysfunction overall and stratified by diabetes status among US adult men ≥ 40 years of age, NHANES (2001–2002)

	Erectile Dysfunction Unweighted n / N	Model 1 OR (95% CI)	Model 2 OR (95% CI)
Overall
No PN	314/1002	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
PN	111/211	1.66 (1.10 – 2.50)	1.71 (1.20 – 2.43)
No Diabetes
No PN	235/847	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
PN	76/160	1.55 (1.08 – 2.22)	1.68 (1.11 – 2.56)
Diabetes
No PN	79/155	1 (ref)	1 (ref)
PN	35/51	1.31 (0.47 – 3.68)	1.29 (0.39 – 4.26)

Model 1: age and race

Model 2: variables in Model 1 plus education, body mass index, smoking status, drinking status, prevalent coronary heart disease, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia