Editing Peyronie's disease (section)

== Epidemiology ==
It is estimated to affect 1–20% of men.<ref name=NIH2014/> The condition becomes more common with age.<ref name=NIH2014/> The median age at onset of disease is 55–60 years although many cases have been recorded in adolescence and early 20's.<ref name="pmid14690485"/><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tal |first1=Raanan |last2=Hall |first2=Matthew S. |last3=Alex |first3=Byron |last4=Choi |first4=Judy |last5=Mulhall |first5=John P. |date=2012-01-01 |title=Peyronie's Disease in Teenagers |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743609515337486 |journal=The Journal of Sexual Medicine |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=302–308 |doi=10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02502.x |pmid=21981606 |issn=1743-6095}}</ref>

The overall prevalence of PD is about 1–20% in men. Rates range from 3.2 percent in a community-based survey of 4432 men (mean age of sample 57.4) to 16 percent among 488 men undergoing evaluation for erectile dysfunction (mean age 52.8).<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/01.ju.0000127744.18878.f1 | title=Subjective and Objective Analysis of the Prevalence of Peyronie's Disease in a Population of Men Presenting for Prostate Cancer Screening | date=2004 | last1=Mulhall | first1=John P. | last2=Creech | first2=Steven D. | last3=Boorjian | first3=Stephen A. | last4=Ghaly | first4=SAM | last5=Kim | first5=Edward D. | last6=Moty | first6=Ayham | last7=Davis | first7=Rodney | last8=Hellstrom | first8=Wayne | journal=Journal of Urology | volume=171 | issue=6 Part 1 | pages=2350–2353 | pmid=15126819 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1038/sj.ijir.3901247 | title=Incidentally diagnosed Peyronie's disease in men presenting with erectile dysfuntion | date=2004 | last1=Kadioglu | first1=A. | last2=Oktar | first2=T. | last3=Kandirali | first3=E. | last4=Kendirci | first4=M. | last5=Sanli | first5=O. | last6=Ozsoy | first6=C. | journal=International Journal of Impotence Research | volume=16 | issue=6 | pages=540–543 | pmid=15116064 }}</ref> The prevalence of PD among the 4432 men in the community based study who responded by self report positively for palpable plaque, newly occurring angulation or curvature and painful erection was 1.5 percent between the ages of 30 and 39, 3 percent between 40 and 49, 3 percent between 50 and 59, 4 percent between 60 and 69, and 6.5 percent over 70.

In 534 men undergoing routine prostate screening for cancer detection (without a specific urologic complaint), the prevalence of PD was 8.9 percent.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In this study, the mean age of those with PD was 68.2 years compared with 61.8 years of those without PD.