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A new study has revealed that having sex more often may help prevent the development of erectile dysfunction.
According to the research, published in the July 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers from Finland revealed that men who had intercourse more often were less likely to develop erectile dysfunction.
Over a period of five years, the team studied 989 men aged between 55 to 75 years from Pirkanmaa, Finland, and found that men reporting intercourse less than once per week had twice the incidence of erectile dysfunction compared with those reporting intercourse once per week. Further, the risk of erectile dysfunction was inversely related to the frequency of intercourse.
Other factors that may have affected the incidence of erectile dysfunction, such as age, chronic medical conditions (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and depression), body mass index and smoking were included in the analysis of the data.
Erectile dysfunction incidence was 79 cases per 1,000 in men who reported sexual intercourse less than once per week, dropping to 32 cases per 1,000 in men reporting intercourse once per week and falling further to 16 per 1,000 in those reporting intercourse 3 or more times per week.
In addition, the frequency of morning erections predicted the development of complete erectile dysfunction, with an approximately 2.5-fold increase in risk among those with less than 1 morning erection per week compared with 2 to 3 morning erections per week.
Juha Koskimäki, MD, PhD, of the Department of Urology at Tampere University Hospital, Finland stated:
Regular intercourse has an important role in preserving erectile function among elderly men, whereas morning erection does not exert a similar effect.
Continued sexual activity decreases the incidence of erectile dysfunction in direct proportion to coital frequency.
The study indicates that regular intercourse protects men from the development of erectile dysfunction, which may, in turn, impact general health and quality of life. So, the investigators advise clinicians to support the sexual activity of their patients.
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