A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.
It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.
The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.
The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.
The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.
Doctor Chander Puri, a specialist in reproductive health at the Indian Council of Medical Research, told the BBC there was an obvious need in India for custom-made condoms, as most of those currently on sale are too large.
The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure rate.
And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of any nation.
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'Not a problem'
Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country.
"Smaller condoms are on sale in India. But there is a lack of awareness that different sizes are available. There is anxiety talking about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop and ask for a smaller size condom."
But Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up internationally according to Sunil Mehra, the former editor of the Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim.
"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said.
"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.
"With apologies to the poet Alexander Pope, you could say, for inches and centimetres, let fools contend."
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Los penes de los indios no emparejan con los tamaños estándares internacionales y los condones de tallas promedio les quedan muy grandes.
AFP
Archivo. El tamaño estándares de los condones es demasiado grande para los hombres de la India.
La medida de los penes de los hombres indios es inferior a la talla estándar de los preservativos que se venden en la mayoría de países, señaló un estudio elbarodado por el Consejo Indio para la Investigación Médica, el instituto de salud más importante del país.
El estudio muestra que el 60% de los hombres en Bombay tienen el pene 2,4 centímetros más pequeño que las medidas estándar internacionales de los preservativos, indicó el diario The Times of India. Es decir, que los penes de los indios no emparejan con las tallas estándares internacionales.
El 30% tiene el falo cinco centímetros más pequeño que la talla común, indicó un investigador, citado por el diario. El estudio fue efectuado para ajustar las tallas de los preservativos, que en India registran tasas de ineficacia del 20%.
"El uso inadecuado es una de las razones, pero también lo es la falta de ajuste o el desgarre, que está asociado con la talla del preservativo en relación con el pene erecto", indicó el doctor Chander Puri, director del consejo del Instituto Nacional para la Investigación de la Salud Reproductiva.
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