The correlation between prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia and metabolic syndrome in the army elderly
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2011.11.023
- VernacularTitle:军队老年人良性前列腺增生的患病率与代谢综合征的关系
- Author:
Baocheng YU
;
Ruohua XU
;
Weihong ZHONG
;
Jianzheng HE
;
Lijuan QI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Benign prostatic hyperplasia;
Metabolic syndrome X
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2011;30(11):968-969
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo explore the correlation between the prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH) and metabolic syndrome (MS)in the army elderly.Methods Totally 1 230 veterans (aged 70 years and over) from 26 military sanatorium in Shijiazhuang city were studied.The prevalence of BPH and MS was calculated.ResultsThe prevalence of BPH among the elderly was 77.0％.There was a trend of increase in the prevalence of BPH with increasing age (x2 = 50.4,P＜0.01).The prevalence of MS among the male elderly was 19.6％.MS was a risk factor for BPH(x2 =24.2,P＜0.0001).ConclusionsMS may be one of risk factors for the prevalence of BPH.
