New findings indicate that there may be a strong correlation\nbetween erectile dysfunction (ED) and diabetes in terms of genetics. This goes\nbeyond previous observational evidence that linked the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A team of researchers from the UK looked at data from more\nthan 220,000 men from three different populations: the UK Biobank, the Partners\nHealthCare BioBank and the Estonian Genome Center of the University of Tartu\ncohort. Of these men, 6,000 had experienced erectile dysfunction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using genetic analysis to seek correlations between ED,\nweight and diabetes, they found that men with a genetic predisposition to type\n2 diabetes had a higher risk of ED. According to the researchers, the good news\nis that if men can reduce their risk of diabetes, they will probably be less\nlikely to developed erectile dysfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Previous research published in Medical News Today found that\nthere is such a thing as \u201ctotal remission\u201d for type 2 diabetes. The study\nsuggested that losing around 33 pounds, on average, would help essentially\n\u201creverse\u201d type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur finding is important, as diabetes is preventable, and\nindeed one can now achieve \u2018remission\u2019 from diabetes with weight loss, as\nillustrated in recent clinical trials,\u201d explains Professor Michael Holmes of\nthe Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford. \u201cThis\ngoes beyond finding a genetic link to erectile dysfunction to a message that is\nof widespread relevance to the general public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study was published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the National Institute of Diabetes and\nDigestive and Kidney Diseases, nearly 30 million men in the United States are\naffected by erectile dysfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Common risk factors include smoking, age and being\noverweight. Other conditions besides diabetes can predispose men to erectile\ndysfunction. These include chronic liver disease and some types of\ncardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New findings indicate that there may be a strong correlation between erectile dysfunction (ED) and diabetes in terms of genetics. This goes beyond previous observational evidence that linked the two. The new study on erectile dysfunction and diabetes A team of researchers from the UK looked at data from more than 220,000 men from three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[753,453,689],"tags":[714,723,768,715,732],"class_list":["post-13204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diabetes","category-nutrition","category-sexual-health","tag-diabetes","tag-diet","tag-ed","tag-erectile-dysfunction","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ED in the United\nStates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n