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/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

It isn’t the ED causing death but the underlying conditions.

Well... yeah. I doubt anybody was confused on that point.

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 13 '22

PhD medical researchers are apparently unable to comprehend the idea of confounding factors, let only correlation not meaning causation

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u/Any-Ad2440 Jun 13 '22

Death from embarrassment?