Cigarette smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, lung disease, and premature death. Several epidemiologic studies have also suggested that cigarette smoking is related to increased risk of erectile dysfunction in men. Many of these studies however, were conducted among patients with established atherosclerotic vascular disease. Atherosclerotic vascular disease and its risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, are major underlying
Jiang He, Professor of Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and his colleagues examined the association between cigarette smoking and risk of erectile dysfunction among 7,684 Chinese men aged 35–74 years without clinical vascular disease.
The team found that there was a significant statistical link between the number of cigarettes that men smoked and the likelihood they would experience erectile dysfunction. The association between smoking and erectile dysfunction was even stronger in participants with diabetes. An estimated 22.7 percent of erectile dysfunction cases among Chinese men might be attributable to cigarette smoking, says the study.
Although erectile dysfunction is not a life-threatening condition, it compromises well-being and quality of life. The Tulane study results suggest that smoking prevention should be an important approach for reducing the risk of erectile dysfunction.
1. Jiang He, Kristi Reynolds, Jing Chen, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Xigui Wu, Xiufang Duan, Robert Reynolds, Lydia A. Bazzano, Paul K. Whelton and Dongfeng Gu. Cigarette Smoking and Erectile Dysfunction among Chinese Men without Clinical Vascular Disease. American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 166(7):803-809
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