SynthesisNutrients2020
Is There an Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Erectile Dysfunction? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Severe Vitamin D Deficiency-A Possible Cause of Resistance to Treatment in Psychiatric Pathology.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Nonlinear association between vitamin D levels and response to tadalafil 5 mg daily treatment in erectile dysfunction patients: a prospective cohort study.International journal of impotence research · 2026Article
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- The Association Between Vitamin D Levels and Erectile Dysfunction in Men: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The relationship between vitamin D levels and erectile dysfunction: A mini-review.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Unraveling the Causal Association Between Circulating Copper Levels and Erectile Dysfunction: A Comprehensive Analysis via Bidirectional Two Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of erectile dysfunction and daily food thiamin intake among men in the USA.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2025Article
- Vitamin D in male sexual functions: unwrapping the sunshine hormone activities in erectile function and beyond.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Review
- The association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and erectile dysfunction: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis.International journal of impotence research · 2024Article
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and erectile dysfunction: a causal relationship? Findings from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Article
- Is Reddit a reliable source for information on erectile dysfunction treatment?International journal of impotence research · 2023Article
- Mechanisms Suggesting a Relationship between Vitamin D and Erectile Dysfunction: An Overview.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Correlation analysis of carotid artery intima-media thickness, serum 25(OH)D and men with erectile dysfunction.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is found very frequently in the male population, in particular in its arteriogenic form, which also represents an important predictor of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Some evidence suggests that vitamin D could play a role in cardiovascular risk prevention thanks to its ability to reduce endothelial damage, oxidative stress, the production of inflammatory cytokines, and dyslipidemia. Since ED and CVDs have pathogenic mechanisms in common, numerous studies have evaluated a possible association between vitamin D deficiency (blood concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D < 20 ng/ml) and ED, but with conflicting results. This meta-analysis was therefore performed to clarify the discrepancy of the data so far published. To achieve this, articles have been searched extensively in the Pubmed, MEDLINE, Cochrane, Academic One Files, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases from the first day they were created until January 2020. The search strategy included pertinent Medical Subjects Headings (MeSH) terms. Of the 431 items retrieved, only eight observational studies were included, resulting in a total sample size of 4055 patients. It was found that 25-hydroxyvitaminD (25(OH)D) levels did not show any significant difference between patients with and without ED. However, when patients with vitamin D deficiency only were taken into account, the international index of erectile function (IIEF) score for erectile dysfunction was significantly worse than in controls. This association remained significant even when eugonadal-only patients were considered. Finally, we found that eugonadal patients with severe ED have lower 25(OH)D
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