New research suggests that men who suffer from erectile dysfunction might be at risk of suffering from different types of heart disease.
In a paper published in the journal Circulation, a team of researchers found that the risk of suffering from cardiac arrest, cardiac death, or non-fatal strokes was doubled for men with erectile dysfunction (ED), as compared to those who didn’t suffer from the condition. This was the main takeaway from the study, which looked at over 1,900 men aged 60 to 78 over a four-year period.
As noted by Medical News Today, the finding was notable, as the risk factors for heart disease — high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome — are similar to those for ED, which affects about 20 percent of men above the age of 20. Even then, the new study marked the first time that researchers looked at erectile dysfunction as a separate risk factor for heart disease.
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