Calcification of the vas deferens is highly suggestive of diabetes, occurring in 11% of adult male diabetics, though it does not correlate with disease severity or vascular calcification.
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Vas deferens calcification may flag diabetes in men but should not inform CVD risk or severity assessment; prospective data needed.
Gordon J. Culver (1960) studied this question.
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