The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that the metabolic syndrome (MS) is linked to lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in Korean men. This was a longitudinal study that used data collected from 328 men aged 50-89 years who were randomly selected among 1,520 participants in 2004.
We collected information from 224 (68.3%) men among the original responders on the biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle, and economic factors in 2007. The prevalence of the MS was 187/328 (57.0%) in 2004 and 125/224 (55.8%) in 2007 among men, respectively. There was no significantly greater increase in the IPSS in men with the MS than in men without the MS over a 3-year period of time (2.0 ± 9.37 versus 3.0 ± 8.44, p = 0.402, resp.). In the multivariate logistic regression analysis with control for age and life style factors, the risk factors for moderate/severe LUTS were age and erectile dysfunction (p < 0.05). However, the presence of the MS did not increase the risk of moderate/severe LUTS (OR = 1.09, 95% CI 0.63-1.89, p = 0.748). Our cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factor analyses do not support the hypothesis that the MS is linked to LUTS in Korean men.
BioMed research international 2015 Jun 23 [Epub]
Seong Ho Lee, Sang Kon Lee, Min Soo Choo, Kyung Tae Ko, Tae Young Shin, Won Ki Lee, Tsolmon Batsaikhan, ShanAi Quan, Jin Young Jeong, Dong Hyun Kim
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea , Department of Child and Adolescent Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, China , Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-702, Republic of Korea , Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-702, Republic of Korea ; Hallym Research Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-702, Republic of Korea
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