Sexual Function in Men Older Than 50 Years of Age: Results from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study

  1. Constance G. Bacon, ScD;
  2. Murray A. Mittleman, MD, ScD;
  3. Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD;
  4. Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD;
  5. Dale B. Glasser, PhD; and
  6. Eric B. Rimm, ScD
  1. From Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and Pfizer, Inc., New York, New York.
    1. Figure. *Chronic disease includes other cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, or stroke. †Risk factors include antidepressant use, consumption of more than two alcoholic drinks per day, smoking, body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m , exercise <21.5 metabolic equivalents per week, or television viewing >8.5 h/wk.
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      Figure. *Chronic disease includes other cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, or stroke. †Risk factors include antidepressant use, consumption of more than two alcoholic drinks per day, smoking, body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m , exercise <21.5 metabolic equivalents per week, or television viewing >8.5 h/wk. Reported prevalence of erectile dysfunction in the previous 3 months according to disease status and lifestyle risk factors.2

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