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Peyronie's disease and autoimmunity—a real-life clinical study and comprehensive review
Eugenio Ventimiglia1, Paolo Capogrosso, Michele Colicchia
1Division of Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Introduction:
Although heavily investigated over the last decades, Peyronie's disease (PD) pathogenesis remains unclear.
Aim:
We sought to investigate the association between PD and autoimmune diseases (ADs) in men seeking medical help for sexual dysfunction in the real-life setting.
Methods:
Complete sociodemographic and clinical data from a homogenous cohort of 1,140 consecutive Caucasian-European men were analyzed. Health-significant comorbidities were scored with the Charlson Comorbidity Index and ADs were stratified according to International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision classification.
Main Outcome Measures:
Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression models tested the association between ADs and PD.
Results:
PD was diagnosed in 148 (13%) of the 1,140 men; of PD patients, 14 (9.5%) had a comorbid AD; conversely, the rate of ADs in non-PD patients was significantly lower (χ(2) = 24.7; P < 0.01). Both patient age and AD comorbidity achieved multivariable independent predictor status for PD (odds ratio [OR]: 1.05; P < 0.01 and OR: 4.90; P < 0.01, respectively).
Conclusions:
Our observational findings showed that ADs are highly comorbid with PD in a large cohort of same-race individuals seeking medical help for sexual dysfunction in the real-life setting.
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