The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 138 - 144, 28.08.2019

Ali Aslan , Abdullah Çırakoğlu , Yeliz Kaşko Arıcı

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.591267

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective:
The studies evaluating, association between obesity and lower urinary tract symptoms
(LUTS) are limited. Our study’s objective was to determine the correlation
between obesity and LUTS in men.

Methods:
Information of 639 patients who were aged between 37 and 92, had not been
treated for BPH before, had moderate or severe LUTS, had International Prostate
Symptom Score (IPSS) ≥8 and had prostate-specific antigen (PSA) value less than
4 ng/ml was evaluated retrospectively. Measured Body Mass Index (BMI) was
classified in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO).

Results:
A statistically significant difference was present between BMI groups with
respect to post-void residual urine volume (PVR) (p=0.017). PVR level of the
obesity group’s PVR level was found to be significantly lower when compared to
the normal group (p<0.05). In patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), only PVR
parameter among LUTS was found to differ significantly from BMI groups (p=0.037). In
patients with DM, the mean of PVR of obese patients was detected to be
significantly lower when compared to the mean of normal patients (p<0.05).
In patients with cardiovascular disease (CD), only Qmax and Qave parameters
were found to differ significantly from BMI groups. (p=0.001 and p<0.001,
respectively). In patients with CD, the mean Qmax of obese patients was
significantly higher than the average of normal-weight patients (p<0.05).

Conclusion:
Although there is no association between obesity and
LUTS except PVR, we think that the risk of obesity associated with DM and CD
would significantly increase the risk of LUTS.

Keywords

Lower urinary tract symptoms, Body mass index, Obesity, Urology

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