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Another issue mentioned in the letter was statistically significantly higher neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the control group compared with the patient group. Studies have reported that the NLR was predictive of ED with a cutoff > 3 [5]. In our study, the NLR was found as >3 in both groups. Looking in detail, we observed that neutrophil and CRP levels were high in some patients. We noticed that the presence of infection was not excluded. This might explain these high results.

In conclusion; when the calculation error mentioned in the letter was corrected, cardiovascular risk was observed in the ED group. We thank the authors for realizing this situation and giving us a chance for correcting this mistake.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Aydin University, VM Medicalpark Florya Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Emrah Ermis, Sinem Ozbay Ozyilmaz, Samir Allahverdiyev & Hakan Ucar

  2. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Emre Salabas

  3. Division of Urology, Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Cem Senol

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mahir Cengiz

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