Risk of childlessness in help-seeking men with Peyronie's disease-A Swedish longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: Peyronie's disease (PD) is a disorder of the penis that is associated with poor mental health, lowered psychosocial- and sexual wellbeing, which may increase the risk of childlessness in men affected by the disorder. Although this is an issue of significant clinical importance, it has not been addressed in research to date. We conducted a longitudinal cohort study based on data from Swedish national registers utilizing a large sample of help-seeking men with PD, along with matched subjects from the general population. We assessed the probability and odds ratio of childlessness, modeled with logistic regressions, and offspring rate ratio, modeled with Poisson regression. We found that the probability of childlessness was somewhat lowered for men with PD aged between 35 and 71 years at end o

SUBMITTER: Kuja-Halkola R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11781693 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature