Correction to: International Journal of Impotence Research (2005) 17, 180–185. doi:10.1038/sj.ijir.3901286

Following the publication of this article, the author identified the following errors:

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In line 13 of the abstract, ‘The univariate logistic regression analysis showed that’ should be omitted.

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In the section entitled Prevalence and severity of ED:

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The first paragraph should read:

‘The prevalence of ED among the HD patients was 82.5% compared to 30% among controls. The prevalence of ED in the HD group was significantly higher than in controls (P<0.001). The prevalence of ED in HD patients at the age <50 and ≥50 y was 80 and 88%, respectively, while the prevalence of ED in controls for the same age groups was 28 and 69.8% as shown in Figure 1. The prevalence of ED was significantly higher in the age groups <50 y (P<0.01)’.

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In the first sentence of the second paragraph, ‘yet, severe ED was only significantly higher in younger age groups compared to controls’ should be omitted.

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In the section entitled Prevalence of risk factors, ‘The univariate logistic regression analysis showed that’ should be omitted.