Prevalence of male accessory gland inflammations/infections in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
J Endocrinol Invest
; 36(9): 770-4, 2013 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
MAGI is an acronym that identifies the "male accessory gland inflammations/infections", a potential cause of male infertility. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) prevalence is going to increase among men of reproductive age. Due to the high prevalence of these two conditions, we could suppose that they might appear together in the same patient.AIM:
To evaluate MAGI prevalence in patients with DM2 in fertile age. SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
A cross-sectional study carried out on patients with DM2 of fertile age. All patients underwent andrological evaluation for the identification of conventional MAGI diagnostic criteria.RESULTS:
DM2 patients showed a frequency of MAGI about 43%, significantly lower (p<0.05) than in infertile patients of the same age without diabetes, which showed a MAGI overall frequency of 61%. Among examined diabetic patients the prevalence of MAGI did not significantly differ between patients attending for diabetes care problems (glycemic control) and patients with andrological disorders. Finally, no significant difference in seminal inflammatory signs frequency was detected between patients with DM2 and infertile patients without diabetes. Finally, the correlation analysis showed a significant direct correlation between duration of diabetes and glycemic control with the prevalence of MAGI.CONCLUSION:
MAGI prevalence in DM2 is lower than the one detected in age-matched infertile non-diabetic patients, however, as in infertile patients, there is a high frequency of seminal inflammatory signs. Moreover, the observed prevalence among diabetic patients with diabetes care problems and diabetic patients with andrological problems is not statistically different.
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Assunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
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Doenças dos Genitais Masculinos
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Infertilidade Masculina
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Inflamação
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Endocrinol Invest
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália