Testosterone Is Associated with Erectile Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Men

Ming Liao; Xianghua Huang; Yong Gao; Aihua Tan; Zheng Lu; Chunlei Wu; Youjie Zhang; Xiaobo Yang; Haiying Zhang; Xue Qin; Zengnan Mo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039234

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Testosterone Is Associated with Erectile Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Men

Ming Liao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming Liao, Xianghua Huang

Affiliations Institute of Urology and Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Xianghua Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming Liao, Xianghua Huang

Affiliations Urology Department, Guigang People’s Hospital, Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Yong Gao,

Affiliations Institute of Urology and Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Fudan-VARI Center for Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Aihua Tan,

Affiliations Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Metabolic Disease and Diabetes, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Zheng Lu,

Affiliations Institute of Urology and Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Chunlei Wu,

Affiliations Institute of Urology and Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Youjie Zhang,

Affiliations Institute of Urology and Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Xiaobo Yang,

Affiliations Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Haiying Zhang,

Affiliations Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Xue Qin,

Affiliations Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Zengnan Mo

* E-mail: zengnanmo@hotmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Urology and Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
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Testosterone Is Associated with Erectile Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Men

Ming Liao,
Xianghua Huang,
Yong Gao,
Aihua Tan,
Zheng Lu,
Chunlei Wu,
Youjie Zhang,
Xiaobo Yang,
Haiying Zhang,
Xue Qin

Published: June 21, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039234

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