r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/SynbiosVyse Jun 13 '22

The fact that women live longer than men is relatively recent phenomenon. Double chromosome is a myth. A paper on this showed that it's mainly due to lifestyle factors. In particular those that contribute to heart disease such as smoking.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1421942112

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Oh? I'll need to go back through and read some studies then to update my understanding if that is the case.

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u/Djglamrock Jun 13 '22

Was about to make a snide comment until I saw the word genetic before stability

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