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The incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at an alarming rate, and diabetic men already make up a quarter of the men in our own specific medically-oriented population of erectile dysfunction. The incidence of sexual dysfunction in men with diabetes approaches 50%, and this is only slightly lower in diabetic women. Hypertension is a frequent risk co-factor, being seen between 40% and 60% of diabetics in the literature. Obesity and hyperlipidemia are other frequent co-factors. Interestingly, these risk factors are the same as those for coronary artery disease. The final common pathway for most of these factors is endothelial cell dysfunction.
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Guay, A. Lecture 5. Int J Impot Res 13 (Suppl 5), S47–S50 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3900779
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