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White men more likely to suffer erectile dysfunction than Black or Asian men - study

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk: Black and Asian men are less likely to suffer with moderate to severe erectile dysfunction (impotence) than white men. This is the astonishing findings from a study carried out by the Department of Urology at University of California, San Francisco, US.
	The burden of erectile dysfunction (ED) among different racial and ethnic groups is unclear, in part, because prior studies have not included all four major racial and ethnic groups in the same population-based sample. To determine the prevalence and odds of ED among all four major racial and ethnic groups after adjustment for demographic,
medical, socio-economic, and lifestyle characteristics

This cross-sectional study was conducted using data from men, aged 45-69 years, without a diagnosis of prostate cancer (N = 78,445), who completed questionnaires as part of the California Men's Health Study, a large multi-ethnic cohort study with detailed demographic, medical and, socio-economic data.

Erectile dysfunction measured by a previously validated four-level response question.

The overall prevalence of ED by age category was 13%, 24%, and 44% for men aged 45-49 years, 50 and 59 years, and 60-69 years, respectively. In a multivariable model,

relative to white men, Hispanic (OR 1.05, 95% CI 0.99, 1.12), Asian (OR 1.1, 95% CI 1.02, 1.19), and other men (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.06, 1.1.21) had increased odds of moderate-severe ED, while black men were less likely to report moderate to severe ED (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.81, 0.92). Black (OR 0.54, 95% CI 0.48, 0.61) and Asian men (OR 0.91, 95% CI 0.80, 1.04) were less likely to have severe ED after adjustment for age, socio-economic status, medical co-morbidities, and lifestyle characteristics.

These data demonstrate that the prevalence of ED among different racial and ethnic groups is likely the result of complex phenomena and depends upon the interplay of socio-economic, demographic, medical, cultural, and lifestyle characteristics.

After accounting for these factors, these data suggest that Asian and black men are less likely to have severe ED relative to white men. SOURCE

Written by:
Smith JF, Caan BJ, Sternfeld B, Haque R, Quesenberry CP Jr, Quinn VP, Shan J, Walsh TJ, Lue TF, Jacobsen SJ, Van Den Eeden SK.

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