Non-linear relationships between inflammatory indices and erectile dysfunction in a group of young men living with HIV
Giorgio Tiecco, Matteo Riva, Federico Cesanelli, Luca Rossi, Cosimo Colangelo, Stefania Agata Reale, Federica Gottardi, Andrea Delbarba, Carlo Cappelli, Emanuele Focà, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan · 2026
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Giorgio Tiecco, with co-authors, tests a 2026 assumption in young men living with HIV: that blood inflammation scores explain erectile dysfunction. Their cross-sectional study covered 308 men aged 18 to 50 attending an HIV clinic in Brescia, Italy, during 2023 and early 2024. Flexible statistical models hunted for straight or curved links between several inflammatory and atherogenic indices and self-reported dysfunction.
Sixty-three men, 20.5 percent of the group, reported erectile dysfunction, and they carried more combined health conditions, especially cardiovascular disease, blood fat problems, and fatty liver. Yet no inflammatory index differed between the groups, and neither simple nor adjusted models tied any index to dysfunction. Curved trends for three indices fit slightly better but stayed insignificant. The authors suggest non-inflammatory routes deserve more attention in this population.
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| CREATOR | Giorgio Tiecco, Matteo Riva, Federico Cesanelli, Luca Rossi, Cosimo Colangelo, Stefania Agata Reale, Federica Gottardi, Andrea Delbarba, Carlo Cappelli, Emanuele Focà, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34588 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |