Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Hallym Aging Study. (23rd June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Seong Ho; Lee, Sang Kon; Choo, Min Soo; Ko, Kyung Tae; Shin, Tae Young; Lee, Won Ki; Batsaikhan, Tsolmon; Quan, ShanAi; Jeong, Jin Young; Kim, Dong Hyun
• Other Names: Russo Giorgio I. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: BioMed research international. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-06-23
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Life sciences -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/130917
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2314-6133

Abstract

Abstract : 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 versus3.0 ± 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.