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Men with spina bifida exhibit high rates of smoking and metabolic comorbidities but are diagnosed less frequently with erectile dysfunction when controlling for age and metabolic comorbidities than men without spina bifida. Most men with spina bifida and erectile dysfunction (66.6%) or hypogonadism (77.4%) do not receive treatment. However, a diagnosis of spina bifida did not appear to affect the likelihood of treatment for either condition on multivariate analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Men with spina bifida are known to be at high risk for erectile dysfunction but may be diagnosed or treated less frequently than age and disease-matched men without spina bifida. Hypogonadism is diagnosed more frequently in men with spina bifida, which is a new finding that warrants further investigation. Most men with SB and either ED or HG do not receive treatment. 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