Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components among men with and without clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia: a large, cross-sectional, UK epidemiological study

Autor: Julia R. DiBello, Jonathan Rees, Joe Maskell, Nurul Choudhury, Christof Kastner, Ben Challacombe, Mike Kirby, Chris Ioannou
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: BJU international. 117(5)
ISSN: 1464-410X
Popis: Objectives To compare the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and the components of metabolic syndrome in men aged ≥50 years with and without clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Subjects and Methods This was a cross-sectional study using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). Men were selected from the CPRD who were aged ≥50 years and still registered as of 31 December 2011. Cohort 1 included men with clinical BPH, and cohort 2 men without clinical BPH who were matched 1:1 to those in cohort 1 by general practice, year of birth and previous years of available history (1–
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