ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2016
Obstructive sleep apnea and urological comorbidities in males: a population-based study.
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- Association between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and nocturia: a meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Pooled it
- Association between obstructive sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of impotence research · 2018Pooled it
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- The Impact of Transoral Robotic Surgery on Erectile Dysfunction and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Male Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Oxidative Stress: A Putative Link Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Aging and Major Chronic Diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Erectile Dysfunction and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
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- Can continuous positive airway pressure improve lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction in male patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?Investigative and clinical urology · 2020Article
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces hormonal and male sexual behavioral changes: Hypoxia as an advancer of aging.Physiology & behavior · 2018Article
- Correlation of self-reported urologic symptoms with systemic health conditions in minority men.Translational andrology and urology · 2017Article
- Identifying Signs and Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Men's Health Clinic: The Utility of Home Sleep Apnea Testing During COVID-19.American journal of men's healthArticle
- Comparing the Strength of Associations Between Male Genital Problems and Mental Illnesses and Sleep Disorders.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to investigate associations between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and urological comorbidities using a large population-based dataset.
methodsThis cross-sectional study used the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005. We included 1236 males with OSA in the study group and 4944 males without OSA in the comparison group. Conditional logistic regressions were performed to examine relationships between OSA and urological comorbidities.
resultsWe found that patients with OSA had significantly greater prevalences of hypertrophy of the prostate (15.13 vs. 7.28 %), chronic prostatitis (4.37 vs. 2.16 %,), urinary incontinence (3.32 vs. 0.87 %), nocturia (2.02 vs. 0.61 %), erectile dysfunction (2.91 vs. 0.97 %), urinary calculi (12.06 vs. 6.80 %), and prostate cancer (0.97 vs. 0.40 %) than the comparison group. Additionally, the adjusted odds ratios in males with OSA for hypertrophy of prostate, chronic prostatitis, urinary incontinence, nocturia, erectile dysfunction, urinary calculi, and prostate cancer were 2.54 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 2.05~3.15), 1.95 (95 % CI 1.38~2.74), 4.13 (95 % CI 2.63~6.50), 3.54 (95 % CI 2.03~6.18), 2.95 (95 % CI 1.89~4.61), 1.89 (95 % CI 1.53~2.33), and 2.14 (95 % CI 1.03~4.43) than those without OSA, respectively.
conclusionsThis study concluded that males with OSA had higher odds ratios of hypertrophy of the prostate, chronic prostatitis, urinary incontinence, nocturia, erectile dysfunction, urinary calculi, and prostate cancer than comparison group.
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