title: Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Hallym Aging Study.
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 versus 3.0 ± 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Kon
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Min Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Won Ki
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Hallym University, 1153 Kyo-dong, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Tsolmon
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Batsaikhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Road, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
authors.forename: ShanAi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-702, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-702, Republic of Korea ; Hallym Research Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 200-702, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors