Our meta-analysis showed that the two single nucleotide polymorphisms in eNOS gene, G894T</span> and T-786C, are strongly associated with the risk of erectile dysfunction.
The G894T and T786C polymorphisms showed a significant association with ED risk in Caucasians (GT + TT versus GG for G894T: OR = 2.13, 95% CI = 1.08-4.19; CC versus CT + TT for T786C: OR = 3.29, 95% CI = 2.30-4.72) and Asians (GT + TT versus GG for G894T: OR = 2.08, 95% CI = 1.53-2.84; CC + CT versus TT for T786C: OR = 3.13, 95% CI = 1.35-7.25).
The eNOS 894T allele carriers had significantly higher frequencies of ED and higher IPSS, suggesting that eNOS G894T gene polymorphisms may play an implication as a genetic susceptibility factor for both ED and BPH/LUTS.
The frequencies of Intron 4 VNTR a/a allele and Glu298Asp GT allele were associated with severe ED, while a/b and TT were associated with moderate or mild, and b/b and GG were associated with no ED.
To evaluate a potential association between the G894T polymorphism in the eNOS gene and ED complaints in a population-based sample in São Paulo, Brazil.
We studied 118 patients; 63 patients had ED secondary to radical prostatectomy (PED) and 55 had organic, clinical ED. eNOS genotypes for three eNOS polymorphisms (T(-786)C, rs2070744; a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in intron 4; and Glu298Asp, rs1799983) were determined, and eNOS haplotypes were estimated using PHASE 2.1.
We studied 118 patients; 63 patients had ED secondary to radical prostatectomy (PED) and 55 had organic, clinical ED. eNOS genotypes for three eNOS polymorphisms (T(-786)C, rs2070744; a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in intron 4; and Glu298Asp, rs1799983) were determined, and eNOS haplotypes were estimated using PHASE 2.1.