The value of shear wave elastography combined with red blood cell distribution width in evaluating arterial erectile dysfunction

Table 1 Characteristics of patients with erectile dysfunction

	Group1(N = 24)	Group2(N = 48)	Group3(N = 59)	P Value
Age, year	30.71 ± 4.74	31.42 ± 10.25	31.73 ± 8.2	0.768
BMI, kg/cm2	22.94 ± 3.76	22.57 ± 2.35	22.55 ± 1.74	0.528
IIEF-5 score	15.42 ± 3.46†§	11.08 ± 4.38‡	8.97 ± 4.03	< 0.001
Glu, mmol/L	5.1 ± 0.56	5.13 ± 0.45	5.09 ± 0.53	0.485
Routine blood
RDW-CV, %	11.9 ± 0.68†§	12.22 ± 0.8‡	13.03 ± 0.92	< 0.001
RDW-SD, fl.	38.95 ± 3.17†§	39.67 ± 2.66‡	42.78 ± 3.66	< 0.001
Blood lipids, mmol/L
TC	4.37 ± 0.73	4.68 ± 0.86	4.35 ± 0.84	0.384
TG	1.2 ± 0.92	1.27 ± 1.55	1.22 ± 1.77	0.265
HDL-C	1.31 ± 0.29	1.31 ± 0.25	1.34 ± 0.32	0.498
VLDL	0.5 ± 0.2	0.42 ± 0.29	0.44 ± 0.26	0.277
LDL-C	2.35 ± 0.46	2.48 ± 0.56	2.52 ± 0.57	0.237
Sex hormones
FSH, mIU/L	4.76 ± 2.29	4.51 ± 5.61	4.11 ± 1.82	0.760
LH, mIU/L	4.43 ± 1.82	4.84 ± 3.72	4.53 ± 2.18	0.988
Testosterone, nmol/L	15.69 ± 4.91	16.63 ± 4.34	16.34 ± 4.05	0.491
Estradiol, pmol/L	139.64 ± 101.74	138.08 ± 115.12	138.33 ± 104.67	0.730

Notes: Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; Glu, glucose; RDW-CV, red blood cell distribution width-coefficient of variation; RDW-SD, red blood cell distribution width-standard deviation; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein; LDL-C, Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol
†P: P > 0.05 when compared between group 1 and group 2; ‡ P: P < 0.05 when compared between group 2 and group 3;§P < 0.05 when compared between group 1 and group 3. †, ‡, §: Compared using the Bonferroni’s method

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