Clinical features and risk factors analysis of diabetes mellitus complicated with Peyronie’s disease

Background: The association between Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Peyronie's disease (PD), as well as the impact of DM on PD phenotypes, remains not fully elucidated. Aim: To investigate the association between PD and DM and to assess the impact of DM on the clinical phenotype of PD. Methods: This case-control study retrospectively enrolled 136 PD patients from Department of Andrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine (December 2019 to May 2025) as the case group. Two control groups were established concurrently: andrology patients without PD and healthy examinees. To control for confounding bias, propensity score matching (PSM) was used to balance baseline characteristics. Logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the independent association between DM and PD. Furthermore, clinical characteristics were compared between PD patients with and without DM. Outcomes: This study evaluate the correlation between DM and PD, as well as the clinical manifestations of their comorbidity. Results: < .05). Clinical Implications: This finding suggests that clinicians should be vigilant for occult yet structurally severe PD in diabetic patients and consider implementing multidisciplinary management strategies. Strengths and Limitations: The strengths of this study lie in its relatively large sample size of PD patients within the field of andrological rare diseases, the dual-control design, and the robust PSM analysis conducted. Limitations include its retrospective, single-center design and the potential for residual confounding factors. Conclusion: DM is independently associated with PD and is linked to a distinct clinical phenotype characterized by more severe fibrosis (more plaques, greater curvature) but diminished pain perception.