title: Relationship between urinary flow curve patterns and symptomatology in elderly males.
abstract: In a random sample of elderly males prostatic type flow curves constituted slightly more than 50%, but no differences were proven comparing persons with and without prostatism. Also no clinically significant relationships between symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction and the various flow curve patterns were established. A hypothesis is advanced concerning the sequence of flow curve changes in elderly males, from normal bell-shaped curves to prostatic and finally irregular types, reflecting prostatic hyperplasia with gradual detrusor decompensation.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014563:Urodynamics