Association of Diet With Erectile Dysfunction Among Men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Erectile dysfunction, especially in younger men, is an early sign of cardiovascular disease and may decrease quality of life. Men may be motivated to adopt a healthy dietary pattern if it lowers their risk of erectile dysfunction.

Objective

To assess the association between adherence to a diet quality index based on healthy dietary patterns and erectile dysfunction in men.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based prospective cohort study included men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study with follow-up from January 1, 1998, through January 1, 2014. Participants included US male health professionals aged 40 to 75 years at enrollment. Men with erectile dysfunction or a diagnosis of myocardial infarction, diabetes, stroke, or genitourina

SUBMITTER: Bauer SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666422 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature