American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Study links restless leg syndrome with erectile dysfunction in older men
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, January 24th, 2010
Results show that erectile dysfunction was 16 percent more likely in men with RLS symptoms that occur five to 14 times per month (odds ratio of 1.16) and 78 percent more likely in men whose RLS symptoms occur 15 or more times a month (OR=1.78). The associations were independent of age, body mass index, use of antidepressants, anxiety and other possible risk factors for RLS. Fifty-three percent of RLS patients and 40...
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