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Sex Drive: Men
Transplant may be better
than peritoneal dialysis .
In some cases, studies show a few more
men on peritoneal dialysis than men
with a transplant have low sex drive. In
other cases, a lot more men on peritoneal
dialysis have low sex drive.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be better
than in-center hemodialysis .
In some cases, studies show a few more
men on hemodialysis than men with a
transplant have low sex drive. In other
cases, a lot more men on hemodialysis
have low sex drive.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis may
be about the same.
Studies show just as many men on each
treatment have low sex drive.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant In-center
Hemodialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis
Transplant Peritoneal
Dialysis
19 out of 100 men with a
transplant had low sex drive.
19 out of 100 men with a
transplant had low sex drive.
34 out of 100 men on peritoneal
dialysis had low sex drive.
35 out of 100 men on in-center
hemodialysis had low sex drive.
33 out of 100 men on peritoneal
dialysis had low sex drive.
34 out of 100 men on in-center
hemodialysis had low sex drive.
= 1 man with low sex drive
= 1 man without low sex drive
= 1 man with low sex drive
= 1 man without low sex drive
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= 1 man without low sex drive
= 1 man with low sex drive
= 1 man without low sex drive
= 1 man with low sex drive
= 1 man without low sex drive
= 1 man with low sex drive
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