Evlice, OguzBulbul, EmreSahinoglu, Mustafa SerhatTaspinar, EbruAlkan, Sevil2025-01-272025-01-2720241746-07941746-0808https://doi.org/10.1080/17460794.2024.2363110https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21780Aim: To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and premature ejaculation (PE) in a Turkish Population. Materials/methods: A total of 147 patients with chronic HBV infection and 150 healthy volunteers were included in the multi-center case-control study. PE was evaluated using the five-item Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT) validated in Turkish men. Results: The presence of PE was significantly higher in the HBV-infected group compared with the control group (32.7 vs 18.7%; p = 0.006). The METAVIR fibrosis score was significantly higher in the PE group than in the non-PE group (p = 0.028). Discussion & conclusion: PE is more common in HBV-infected patients than in healthy individuals. Chronic liver damage is more common in HBV-infected patients with PE.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesschronic hepatitis Bhepatitis Bintravaginal ejaculatory latency timeMETAVIR fibrosis scorepremature ejaculationpremature ejaculation diagnostic toolArticle198-929129810.1080/17460794.2024.2363110N/AWOS:0012517345000012-s2.0-85196148850Q3