AUTHOR=Zeng Xian-Tao , Weng Hong , Xiong Jing , Huang Qiao , Ma Lin-Lu , Jin Ying-Hui , Wang Xing-Huan 

TITLE=Comparison of Clinical and Physiological Parameters for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Hypertensive and Normotensive Patients

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physiology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.01330

DOI=10.3389/fphys.2018.01330

ISSN=1664-042X

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objective:</bold> To discover the correlation of clinical and physiological measures for benign prostatic hyperplasia in hypertensive and normotensive patients.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> From September 2016 to October 2017, 435 patients were enrolled for further selection. The parameters evaluated for eligible patients included prostate volume, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, international prostate symptom score, etc. Then the eligible patients were divided into two groups according to hypertension condition, and the clinical and physiological parameters were compared between two groups. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to test the linearity of the relationships of these clinical and physiological components with prostate volume, total prostate specific antigen, and international prostate symptom score.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> Finally, 350 patients were involved in this study, including 117 with hypertension and 233 without hypertension. Weight, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure were significantly different between the hypertension and normotension groups. In the normotension group, there were positive correlations between weight, body mass index, age, and prostate volume; between fasting blood sugar, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and total prostate specific antigen; between fasting blood sugar and international prostate symptom score. In the hypertension group, there were positive correlations between age and total prostate specific antigen and international prostate symptom score; between weight and prostate volume; between systolic blood pressure and total prostate specific antigen.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> This study indicated that there might be no significant association between hypertension and prostate volume.</p>