I'm going to take a step back from your question and raise another one. Has HT increased his cholesterol, and now he is off HT will it come down without statins?
My cholesterol went up when I was on HT not so high that it would be worrying though. My GP commented "Oh that's probably just the HT". Apparently cholesterol is converted in to testosterone, whilst on HT that isn't happening so cholesterol increases. My cholesterol has now came down a little in the four years I've been off HT, but is still at the top of the normal range.
A 10% risk in 10 years is the threshold for considering some intervention i.e. statins, so I think he could probably ignore the statins and see how things pan out. Of course taking advice from a random guy of the internet is not recommended, but if the doctor who prescribed statins was not aware of the HT, his advice may not be optimal.
I don't want you blaming me if your OH has a heart attack tomorrow, so do your own research, way up the pros and cons and make up your own mind.
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High cholesterol can certainly cause ED, sometimes 1-3 years before it causes your first heart attack.