References
- Porst H, Buvat J. Standard practice in sexual medicine. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers; 2006:149–57
- McKinlay JB. The worldwide prevalence and epidemiology of erectile dysfunction. Int J Impot Res 2000;12:S6–11
- Demir O, Demir T, Kefi A, et al. Penile vascular impairment in erectile dysfunction patients with metabolic syndrome: penile doppler ultrasound findings. Urol Int 2009;82:175–8
- Koca O, Çalişkan S, Öatürk MI, et al. Vasculogenic erectile dysfunction and metabolic syndrome. J Sex Med 2010;7:3997–4002
- Corona G, Mannucci E, Forti G, Maggi M. Hypogonadism, ED, metabolic syndrome and obesity: a pathological link supporting cardiovascular diseases. Int J Androl 2009;32:587–98
- Fiuza M, Cortez-Dias N, Martins S. Síndrome Metabólica em Portugal: Prevalência e Implicações no Risco Cardiovascular – Resultados do Estudo VALSIM. Rev Port Cardiol 2008;27:1531–7
- Corona G, Mannucci E, Petrone L, et al. A comparison of NCEP-ATPIII and IDF metabolic syndrome definitions with relation to metabolic syndrome-associated sexual dysfunction. J Sex Med 2007;4:789–96
- Parikh R, Mohan V, Joshi S. Should waist circumference be replaced by index of central obesity (ICO) in definition of metabolic syndrome? Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2012;28:3–5
- Grundy SM. Metabolic syndrome pandemic. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008;28:629–36
- Tomada N, Tomada I, Botelho F, et al. Are all metabolic syndrome components responsible for penile hemodynamics impairment in patients with erectile dysfunction? The role of body fat mass assessment. J Sex Med 2011;8:831–9
- Kishida K, Funahashi T, Matsuzawa Y, Shimomura I. Visceral adiposity as a target for the management of the metabolic syndrome. Ann Med 2012;44:233–41
- Parikh RM, Joshi SR, Pandia K. Index of central obesity is better than waist circumference in defining metabolic syndrome. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 2009;7:525–7
- National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel. Third report of the expert panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (ATP III Final Report). Bethesda, MD: NHLBI publications; 2002;II-1–II-60
- K Alberti, P Zimmet, J Shaw. Metabolic syndrome – a new world-wide definition. A consensus statement from the International Diabetes Federation. Diabet Med 2006;23:469–80
- Cortez-Dias N, Martins S, Belo A. Prevalencia e padroes de tratamento da hipertensao arterial nos cuidados de saúde primarios em Portugal. Resultados do Estudo VALSIM. Rev Port Cardiol 2009;25:499–523
- Ma WY, Li HY, Hung CS, et al. Metabolic syndrome defined by IDF and AHA/NHLBI correlates better to carotid intima-media thickness than that defined by NCEP ATP III and WHO. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2009;85:335–41
- Levisianou D, Melidonis A, Adamopoulou E, et al. Impact of the metabolic syndrome and its components combinations on arterial stiffness in Type 2 diabetic men. Int Angiol 2009;28:490–5
- Riedner CE, Rhoden EL, Ribeiro EP, Fuchs SC. Central obesity is an independent predictor of erectile dysfunction in older men. J Urol 2006;176:1519–23
- Parikh RM, Joshi SR, Menon PS, Shah NS. Index of central obesity – a novel parameter. Med Hypotheses 2007;68:1272–5
- Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Merz CN, et al. Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Circulation 2004;110:227–39
- Jackson G, Montorsi P, Adams MA, et al. Cardiovascular aspects of sexual medicine. J Sex Med 2010;7:1608–26
- Brunner H, Cockcroft JR, Deanfield J, et al. Endothelial function and dysfunction. Part II: association with cardiovascular risk factors and diseases. A statement by the Working Group on Endothelins and Endothelial Factors of the European Society of Hypertension. J Hypertens 2005;23:233–46
- Lee CMY, Huxley RR, Wildman RP, Woodward M. Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis. Journal of clinical epidemiology 2007;61:646–53
- Hongyan W, Chen L, Zhang H, Suping Z. Associations of waist to height ratio and hypertension among non-obese person. J Clin Cardiol 2007;10:007
- Siavash M, Sadeghi M, Salarifar F, et al. Comparison of body mass index and waist/height ratio in predicting definite coronary artery disease. Ann Nutr Metab 2008;53:162–6