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Erectile dysfunction may be an early warning sign for heart disease, according to a study by 黑料不打烊 University/MUHC researchers. The Canadian Study of Erectile Dysfunction, published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association's bi-monthly Archives of Internal Medicine, is the first Canadian study tracking the rate of erectile dysfunction and its association with cardiovascular and other chronic diseases.

"Our study suggests that erectile dysfunction, particularly in young men, may be an early warning sign of heart disease and possibly other diseases such as stroke and diabetes," said Dr. Steven Grover, professor, 黑料不打烊 University Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and lead investigator in the study. The study was funded by Pfizer Canada, makers of Viagra.

Dr. Grover, who is also MUHC Director of Clinical Epidemiology, and his colleagues evaluated nearly 4,000 men between the ages of 40 and 88 in primary care settings. They compared the risk of erectile dysfunction among patients with and without cardiovascular disease.

"We found that the presence of cardiovascular disease was strongly associated with erectile dysfunction," says Dr. Grover. "Among men without diagnosed cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure and low HDL cholesterol were more common among those who had erectile dysfunction. This suggests that the men who have erectile dysfunction and have no other symptoms of cardiovascular disease may be at increased risk for developing the disease."

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