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Do pornography use and masturbation play a role in erectile dysfunction and relationship satisfaction in men?

International Journal of Impotence Research volume 35, pages 581–584 (2023)Cite this article

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Rowland and colleagues undertook a very interesting survey study investigating the relationships between masturbation, pornography consumption, and erectile dysfunction (ED) [1].

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Fig. 1: This graph represents the percentage of the categorized weekly time spent on porn consumption versus the CYPAT quartiles (n = 3419).
Fig. 2: This graph presents the cohort of participants (18–35) who were sexually active and did or did not have ED based on their IIEF scores (n = 2067).

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As this publication is a comment to another published article, we don’t provide a specific link to a data file. However, data on which the two graphs are based are available from the corresponding author on request.

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  1. Department of Urology, Adolescent Urology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

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De Win, G., Jacobs, T. & Geuens, S. Do pornography use and masturbation play a role in erectile dysfunction and relationship satisfaction in men?. Int J Impot Res 35, 581–584 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-022-00644-7

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