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  • Title: [Vasectomy as a risk factor for atherosclerosis (author's transl)].
    Author: Gerber L, Wallace RB, Lee J, Clarke WR.
    Journal: Aktuelle Urol; 1981 May; 12(3):117-8. PubMed ID: 12338452.
    Abstract:
    Recent investigations have implicated vasectomy as a possible risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis in animals. Physicians are undecided as to the true importance of the information and how they should act upon it when counselling their patients. In an attempt to explore the problem in humans, we performed a case-controlled study in 55 men under age 50 with documented coronary disease and in a matched control group of brothers and 1st cousins who were asymptomatic. Within the limitations of the study, no association of coronary disease with prior vasectomy was found: 25.5% (14/55) of the mean in each group were vasectomized. Further work is needed to evaluate whether certain individuals such as hypertensives or hyperlipidemics may be at greater risk and whether a longer delay between vasectomy and symptoms of atherosclerosis may be required than were present in this study. (author's)
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