Erectile dysfunction highly prevalent in the US
February 01, 2007

Washington - According to a new study erectile dysfunction (ED) is highly prevalent across white, black and Hispanic populations in the United States.

This study shows that different lifestyle and health conditions appear to play significantly different roles in different racial/ethnic groups.

White men age 70 years and older, as well as those suffering from diabetes, were shown to be at greater risk for developing ED. Severe lower urinary tract symptoms were shown to be ED related in black men.

Hispanic men over the age of 60, as well as those suffering from moderate lower urinary tract symptoms, hypertension and/or depression were increasingly likely to suffer from ED. Odds decreased in black men who exercised or had good partner relationships, and in Hispanic men with a high school or higher education.

More research is still needed in order to clarify the mechanisms that can account for these differences

The United States is made up of numerous racial and ethnic populations. And erectile dysfunction in populations largely of Caucasian men

So According to Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine. ‘Translation of the sexual medicine findings of one population group to another can only really be done by directly studying the specific ethnic/racial group’

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