ArticleInternational neurourology journal2015
Alcohol, Smoking, Physical Activity, Protein, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Prospective Longitudinal Cohort.
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- Relationship between Mental Disorders, Smoking or Alcoholism and Benign Prostate Disease.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- BPH nomogram using IPSS, prostate volume, peak flow rate, PSA and median lobe protrusion for predicting the need for intervention: development and internal validation.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2021Article
- Drinking Frequency but not Years may be Associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Result from a Large Cross-Sectional Survey in Chinese Men.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2020Article
- Do Lifestyle Factors Affect Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms? Results from the Korean Community Health Survey.International neurourology journal · 2019Article
- Beyond prostate, beyond surgery and beyond urology: The "3Bs" of managing non-neurogenic male lower urinary tract symptoms.Asian journal of urology · 2019Article
- The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in population aged 40 years or over, in South Korea.Investigative and clinical urology · 2018Article
- Metabolic syndrome and benign prostatic hyperplasia: An update.Asian journal of urology · 2017Review
- Development of Decision Support Formulas for the Prediction of Bladder Outlet Obstruction and Prostatic Surgery in Patients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptom/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Part I, Development of the Formula and its Internal Validation.International neurourology journal · 2017Article
- Depressive males have higher odds of lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a retrospective cohort study based on propensity score matching.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
- Pathophysiology of benign prostate enlargement and lower urinary tract symptoms: Current concepts.Tzu chi medical journalReview
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate risk factors for deterioration of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in elderly men in a community-based, prospective longitudinal cohort study.
methodsIn a suburban area in Korea, 1,514 subjects aged ≥45 years were randomly selected by systematic sampling. A total of 918 elderly subjects were enrolled in this in-depth clinical study in 2004. Of these, 547 participants were followed up for 3 years and the data was analyzed in 2014. Standard questionnaires were administered face-to-face by trained interviewers. After excluding women, 224 male participants with complete data including transrectal ultrasonography were included in the final analysis. LUTS were diagnosed using the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) questionnaire. Symptom deterioration was defined as a score of ≥8 points during the 3-year follow-up period.
resultsLUTS prevalence increased to 13.1% and the mean IPSS increased by 2.6 points during the 3-year period. After adjusting for confounders, a smoking history of ≥50 pack-years was an independent risk factor for deterioration of LUTS and storage subsymptoms compared with no history of smoking (3.1 and 5.1 odds, respectively). Physical activity had a protective effect on voiding subsymptoms. However, high protein diet and alcohol intake were not associated with LUTS deterioration.
conclusionsThe LUTS prevalence among elderly men living in a suburban area increased to 13.1% and the IPSS increased by 2.6 points during the 3-year period. A history of heavy smoking, low physical activity, and high protein intake were associated with LUTS deterioration. However, there was no significant association between alcohol intake and LUTS deterioration.
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