Many men over 40 have low libido: Delhi's Ganga Ram hospital study

NEW DELHI: One in every three men above 40 years of age suffers from lack of libido, a study conducted at Sir Ganga Ram hospital on 745 patients visiting the urology outpatient department found.


The doctors said lack of energy followed by poor erection and loss of libido (decrease in sexual drive) was the most commonly reported symptom among men who complained about

Testosterone

Deficiency Syndrome (TDS).

"TDS is a real phenomenon, affecting 29% men in our study population above the age of 40 years," Dr Sudhir Chadha, the author of the study, said. He added there is significant co-relation between testosterone deficiency syndrome,

Vitamin D deficiency

, diabetes and coronary heart disease.