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Scientists are not certain why some men with Peyronie's disease (PD) also develop erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a recent report in the Journal of Impotence Research. 

The relationship "remains unclear" researchers from the United States and Turkey said.

An estimated 22% to 54% of men with Peyronie's disease have ED.

The researchers studied data from 220 men with Peyronie's disease in an effort to determine whether the degree and direction of penile curvature was linked to vasculogenic ED. The men's mean age at diagnosis was 55.  

Sixty-eight percent of the participants had comorbidities associated with ED, including hypertension, diabetes, and coronary artery disease.

Each man was given an injection to form an erection. Audiovisual sexual stimulation was also used. 

The researchers then assessed each erection using penile duplex Doppler ultrasound (PDDU). Almost 70% of the men had ED.  

However, the extent and direction of curvature did not appear to be connected to vasculogenic ED.

"PD-associated ED may be a better reflection of underlying comorbid status rather than the disease itself," the authors suggested.

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