Lifestyle Changes Can Improve Male Sexual Function, According To New Study
Study released in the February 2007 issue of The American Journal of Medicine shows that age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and lack of physical activity take significant part in causing erectile dysfunction in men. Men with hypertension and diabetes are more liable to the erectile dysfunction and it is advised to screen for impotence for those patients. Data from 2126 men who take a part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in the 2001-2002 have been analyzed by the researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Just in the United States about 18 million of men may suffer from erectile dysfunction. The lastly released erectile dysfunction treatment medicines are very helpful in dealing with this state, however changing bad eating and lifestyle habits may also improve man’s sexual condition. Physical activity, stricter diet and other measures for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes are very important in treating impotence.
The research was made to assess the prevalence of impotence in male population of the United States; to asses the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors through patients who suffer from erectile dysfunction; and also to find connection between cardiovascular risk factors, like lack of physical activity, with prevalent erectile dysfunction.
The data gathered from a computer self-interview for a patients show that 18.4% of men 20 years and older suffer from erectile dysfunction, defined as “sometimes able” or “never able” to achieve and maintain an erection. Different data, like demographic data, cardiovascular risk factors and levels of physical activity were pull out from the NHANES study.
“The association between erectile dysfunction and lack of physical activity suggests that lifestyle changes, especially increasing exercise level, may be effective no pharmacological treatments. The associations between erectile dysfunction and diabetes and other known cardiovascular risk factors should serve as powerful motivators for male patients for whom diet and lifestyle changes are needed to improve their cardiovascular risk profile. These data suggest physical activity and other measures for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes may prevent decrease in erectile function.” states investigator Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, states,
The study is “Prevalence and Risk Factors for Erectile Dysfunction in the US” by Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, Arthur L. Burnett, MD, and Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH. It appears in The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 120, Issue 2 (February 2007), published by Elsevier.