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Methods: Between April-December 2020, 70 patients who were admitted with a complaint of ED after having COVID-19 and whose serum testosterone level was checked for varicocele, premature ejaculation, and infertility reasons before COVID-19. The patients filled the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) and their testosterone level was checked. The questionnaire was arranged to assess the first month before COVID-19 and after COVID-19. Testosterone levels of the patients before and after COVID-19 were compared. The relationship between testosterone levels and hospitalization in the intensive care was evaluated.Results: It was revealed that testosterone levels and IIEF-5 scores after COVID-19 in all patients were statisticaly and significantly different compared to the period before COVID-19 (p &lt; 0.05). Testosterone levels of patients in need of intensive care were significantly higher than those without any need of intensive care (p &lt; 0.05).Conclusions: Our study has presented that COVID-19 may cause ED and high testosterone levels increase the rate of hospitalization in the intensive care by intensifying the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4081\/aiua.2021.4.460","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,21]],"date-time":"2021-12-21T14:27:20Z","timestamp":1640096840000},"page":"460-464","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Erectile dysfunction and testosterone levels prior to COVID-19 disease: What is the relationship?"],"prefix":"10.4081","volume":"93","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4324-3032","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kadir","family":"Karkin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ergu\u0308n","family":"Alma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2549","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"46276","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jose RJ, Manuel A. 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