BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the sexual function and activity in male patients on clean intermittent catheterization with neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury. METHODS: Eighty-nine patients (mean age 37.6 years with a range of 18-66) were included in the study. We requested all subjects to complete a questionnaire including the 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5). RESULTS: Of 89 patients, 60 (67.4%) reported having attempted no sexual intercourse over the past 6 months and 28 (31.5%) presented with IIEF-5 scores less than or equal to 21 points. When subjects were stratified according to the years since injury, 50.0% (16 of 32) with less than 2 years post-injury had no sexual activity, while 77.2 (44 of 57) with 2 years or more post-injury did (P = 0.027). Patients with sexual activity were 40.4% (23 of 57) and 18.8% (6 of 32) in patients who were able and unable to perform self-catheterization, respectively (P = 0.037). Patients with less than 2 years post-injury had 3.3-fold higher risk (odds ratio 3.33; 95% confidence interval 1.01-10.97; P = 0.048) of no sexual activity than those with 2 years or more post-injury on the multivariate model. The other parameters were not appreciably related to sexual activity. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrate that sexual activity as well as erectile function is poor in this population. In addition, our findings suggest that years since injury may influence sexual activity of patients with spinal cord injury. 相似文献
Clinical genetic evidence suggests the existence of an autosomal recessive form of congenital nemaline myopathy in addition to the autosomal dominant one(s). One mutation in an Australian kindred has been identified as causing an autosomal dominant form of the disease. This mutation in the alpha-tropomyosin gene TPM3 has previously been excluded as causing autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy.
We searched systematically for genetic linkage to autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy (NEM2) by studying microsatellite marker alleles in seven multiplex families from Finland, Denmark, Wales, England and The Netherlands. Significant evidence of linkage was found to markers on chromosome 2q, the highest multipoint lod score value being 5.34 for the marker D2S151. Recombinant genotypes in affected individuals demarcate the region in which the NEM2 gene is likely to reside as a 13 cM region between the markers 132S150 and D2Sl42.
These results confirm the existence of at least one distinctive form of autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy and provide a basis for the identification of its gene. 相似文献
In a double blind, randomized placebo-controlled crossover study we characterized how terbutaline affects the mean and short-term fluctuations of peripheral vascular resistance and arterial compliance. The study was carried out in six young and healthy male subjects in the supine and upright positions by recording continuously electrocardiography and finger arterial blood pressure. On average, large intravenous terbutaline doses reduce maximally by 50% the mean systolic-diastolic pressure decay time (windkessel time), by 30% the mean vascular resistance, and by 20% the mean arterial compliance. Terbutaline reduces differently the beat-to-beat variability of peripheral vascular resistance and arterial compliance. The effects can be explained by beta-adrenoceptor activation that mediates smooth muscle relaxation in small resistance arteries and large conduit arteries. Differences between vascular resistance and compliance lowering actions could be explained by differences in the beta-adrenoceptor-mediated vascular relaxation and sympathetically mediated vascular contraction between small and large arteries. 相似文献