Table 3. Prevalence of Peyronie's disease from the literature in particular subgroups of population.
Author (year) | Patient population | Prevalence (%) |
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Arafa et al (2007) [31] | Diabetic patients with erectile dysfunction | 20.3 |
Akbal et al (2008) [35] | Retroperitoneal fibrosis | 20 |
Mulhall et al (2004) [30] | Men screened for prostate cancer | 8.9 |
El-Sakka (2006) [32] | Patients with erectile dysfunction | 7.9 |
Rhoden et al (2001) [33] | Men older than 50 years undergoing prostate cancer screening | 3.7 |
Shiraishi et al (2012) [34] | General population and men undergoing hemodialysis | 0.6–9.2 |