Table 4.

Comparative analysis of studies with CVD and stroke risk stratification in ED patients.

SN	Citations	Year	Covariates	CVD	Stroke	ED	AI
1	Bonetti et al. [113]	2002	OBBM, LBBM	✗	✓	✓	✗
2	Montorsi et al. [9]	2005	OBBM, LBBM	✓	✗	✓	✗
3	Diaconu et al. [115]	2011	OBBM, LBBM	✗	✓	✓	✗
4	Gandaglia et al. [82]	2014	OBBM, LBBM	✓	✗	✓	✗
5	Miner et al. [117]	2019	OBBM, LBBM	✗	✓	✓	✗
6	Mouridsen et al. [221]	2020	OBBM, LBBM	✗	✗	✓	✓
7	Jamthikar et al. [30]	2020	OBBM, LBBM	✓	✗	✗	✓
8	Bikias et al. [222]	2021	LBBM	✓	✗	✗	✗
9	Reva et al. [223]	2021	OBBM, LBBM	✓	✗	✗	✓
10	Bermejo et al. [224]	2021	OBBM, LBBM	✓	✓	✗	✗
11	Proposed Study	2022	OBBM, LBBM, CUSIP	✗	✓	✓	✗

ED: erectile dysfunction, CVD: cardiovascular disease, AI: artificial intelligence, OBBM: office-based, LBBM: laboratory-based, CUSIP: carotid ultrasound image phenotype, ✓: yes, ✗: no.