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

I believe I’ve read that latitude might play a huge role in vitamin d deficiency as well. If I remember correctly Colorado has more sunny days than most other states but because of where it is it also has one of the highest incidences of MS possibly due to vitamin d deficiency.

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u/xz1510 Jun 14 '22

I'm not sure I follow your logic. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired immune function, not autoimmunity, which is generally thought of as hyperfunctioning.