title: Measures of autonomic nervous system activity and lower urinary tract symptoms.
abstract: Autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity may play an important role in the development of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Men with severe LUTS and men with mild or no LUTS completed the Valsalva maneuver, quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test, tilt-table, and deep breathing tests. There were no differences between men with severe LUTS compared to men with mild or no LUTS (all P values > 0.05). Systemic ANS tests may not be useful in detecting the underlying physiologic changes that lead to LUTS in aging men.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. stsauver.jennifer@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: St Sauver
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandroni
authors.forename: Debra J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Michaela E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McGree
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lieber
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013546:Sweating / Q000502:physiology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D018667:Tilt-Table Test; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver
chemical_list: D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine