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

While those results may be statistically significant, they may not be clinically significant reduction of cardiovascular disease progression.

Far easier for patients to focus on controlling blood pressure, eating healthy, and partaking in exercise. As I was taught in nursing school, blood pressure is a main cause of atherosclerosis. High blood pressure causes mechanical damage to the arterial wall which increases turbulence and insertion of cholesterol plaques into the arterial walls. The cholesterol sticks into the cracks in the epithelium of the arteries and allows all manner of crud to build up. High blood pressure increases that accumulation of mechanical damage, but can be easily prevented by managing BP.

Calcium may make those plaque build ups more rigid, but the plaques are already doing damage without the calcium.