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.