5 Conclusion
We found that patients with ED had an increased risk of osteoporosis
among the all-age (18-87 years) male population. ED can be considered an
early predictor of osteoporosis. This result suggests that physicians
should be aware of the relationship between ED and osteoporosis and
carry out early identification of such groups of patients. Because of
the easy and noninvasive evaluation of osteoporosis, patients with ED
should undergo BMD assessment, and men with osteoporosis should be
evaluated for ED. Despite the limitations of this study, our results
surface a new question about the relationship between ED and
osteoporosis in the all-age (18-87 years) male population and we hope
that our findings will stimulate other interested scholars to further
investigate such associations in large cohorts.