A new study has revealed that (ED) is inversely related to the frequency of intercourse. Frequent sexual intercourse may decrease a man’s chances of developing erectile dysfunction, reported researchers from Finland.

In the study, led by Dr. Juha Koskimki, from Tampere University Hospital’s Department of Urology, researchers studied 989 Finnish men aged 55 to 75 years old. They found that men who said they had sexual intercourse less than once a week had twice the risk of developing erectile dysfunction, compared to the men having sexual intercourse once a week.

According to the statistics derived, there were 79 cases of erectile dysfunction per 1,000 men in case of men who had sexual intercourse less than once a week. This number dropped to 32 cases per 1,000 among men who said they had sexual intercourse once a week, and it dropped even further, to 16 per 1,000, among men who said they had sexual intercourse three or more times a week.

In addition it was found that the development of complete erectile dysfunction could be predicted from the frequency of morning erections. In case of men with less than one morning erection a week, the risk of developing erectile dysfunction was found to be 2.5-fold greater than in the case of men who had two to three morning erections per week.