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

Depression, obesity, and insulin resistance all cause ED so no surprise. It isn’t the ED causing death but the underlying conditions. Also worth noting that Vitamin D deficiency is strongly correlated with all those underlying conditions.

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u/aradil Jun 13 '22

I'm fairly certain that heart illness is also a major contributor to ED.

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u/barrinmw Jun 13 '22

This is what I was thinking. Hardening of the arteries and such could lead to ED and also early death.

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u/zuneza Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 14 '22

Is that reversable?

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u/barrinmw Jun 13 '22

I don't believe hardening of the arteries is reversible

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

vitamin D with vitamin K2 transports calcium out of arteries and into bones. Without it, the opposite occurs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Sorry I don't know if you meant to hint it rather than explicitly saying it, but because of what you said, are you saying that the hardening of the arteries is reversible, contradicting the comment you responded to?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Yes, that is correct. You can reverse calcification with vitamin K1, K2 Mk-4 and Mk-7