Longer the duration of diabetes, more risk of erectile dysfunction: study

The longer the duration of diabetes in men, the greater was the risk of them suffering erectile dysfunction, a new observational study conducted over a period of two years, has claimed.

Co-authored by doctors of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here, it was recently published in Current Medicine Research & Practice journal.

"The study was done on 225 diabetic males between the age of 18-65 with type 2 diabetes, and 50 non-diabetic males in the same age group," the SGRH said in a statement.

According to Atul Gogia, senior consultant, SGRH's Department of Medicine, and one of the authors, said, "One of the interesting findings of our study was that longer the duration of diabetes, more was the risk of them suffering erectile dysfunction (ED)."
According to Atul Kakar, co-author and vice-chairperson, Department of Medicine, SGRH, "ED in men is commonly seen complication in type 2 diabetes mellitus."