Purpose To evaluate the association among andrological diseases at the first outpatient visit and the medications taken by patients for other comorbidities, as well as the differential impact between specific medication and relative comorbidities. Methods This is a single-center retrospective study based on subjects who referred to the Andrology Unit with a well-defined andrological diagnosis. Results A total of 3752 subjects were studied (mean age ± DS 46.2 ± 16.5 years). A total of 19 categories of andrological diseases and 110 type of medications for other comorbidities were identified. ED was the most frequent andrological pathology at the first andrological examination (28.7%), followed by infertility (12.4%). The couple of variables that were statistically significant in the univariate association analysis (p < 0.001) were: ED and (a) antihypertensives; (b) antihyperglycemics; (c) lipids-lowering; (d) psychotropics. The univariate and multivariate regression analyses confirmed the association. All the related comorbidities were also significantly associated with the univariate analysis, and all remained significantly associated with multivariate analysis. A multivariate analysis was also conducted to analyze the association between ED and the following pairs of variables “DM-antihyperglycemics”, “dyslipidemia-lipids-lowering”, and “hypertension-antihypertensives”. In all cases, the pathology, but not the specific treatment, was significantly associated with ED. Conclusion ED is significantly associated with antihypertensive, antihyperglycemic, lipid-lowering, psychotropic drugs’ intake. Anyway, ED appears to be more related to the diseases than to the specific therapies. The definitive cause/effect relationship should be established based on future prospective studies.
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