Sexual Dysfunction May Be A Tip-off To Heart Disease In Diabetic Men

[Northerner]

Sexual dysfunction may be a marker of cardiovascular disease in men with longstanding type 1 diabetes, investigators announced at the 72nd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Sara Turek, MPH, and colleagues examined the association of sexual dysfunction with clinical markers of vascular disease in 301 men from the ongoing 50-Year Medalist Study who have had type 1 diabetes for more than 50 years. Turek is a coordinator for the study, which is being conducted at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

In prior analyses, only about half of the Medalist population has been shown to develop diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy, which are complications that occur in nearly all type 1 diabetic patients in the general population by about 30 years after their initial diagnosis. The rate of cardiovascular disease in Medalists, however, is similar to that reported in age-matched patients with type 2 diabetes.

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[Vicsetter]

Love it, men with T1 for over 50 years who do not take medication that may cause erectile dysfunction that is. I wonder if she could only find 301 that qualified?

and :

Overall, 210 male Medalists, or 69.8%, had sexual dysfunction as determined by an affirmative response to the question: "Have you ever had sexual problems?"

since the days of Kinsey it is well known that men lie about their sexual problems/conquests. So "Have you ever had sexual problems?" , Yup , her husband came home