Erectile Dysfunction Associated With Use of E-Cigarettes, Report Finds

This study highlights a novel finding that ENDS use could have serious implications on men’s se xual health.”El-Shahawy and colleagues analyzed data collected from December 2016 to January 2018 as part of thePopulation Assessment of Tobacco or Health (PATH) study —a national longitudinal study of tobacco use and how it affects the health of people in the United States. The researchers specifically focused on male participants 20 years and older who responded to questions about erectile dysfunction; their use of ENDS; current or past history of smoking; and previous diagnoses of diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, or cardiovascular disease (congestive heart failure, stroke, myocardial infarction, or other heart condition).The researchers analyzed two samples for the study: (1) the full sample of nearly 14,000 men and (2) a restricted sample of over 11,000 men aged 20 to 65 who had no history of cardiovascular disease. (Men older than 65 years and those reporting previous history of cardiovascular disease were excluded from the second sample because there is a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction in these groups, the authors noted.)The prevalence of erectile dysfunction in the samples ranged from 10.2% in the 20- to 65-year-olds with no history of cardiovascular disease to 20.7% in the full sample. Current ENDS use was 5.6% among the restricted sample, with 2.5% reporting current daily use, and 4.8% among the full sample, with 2.1% reporting current daily ENDS us...
Source: Psychiatr News - Category: Psychiatry Tags: American Journal of Preventive Medicine E-cigarettes erectile dysfunction PATH Study Source Type: research