Association especially strong among the elderly male population<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Lori Solomon HealthDay Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n
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MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Poor sleep quality is associated with an increased prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)\/benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online Oct. 24 in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience<\/em>.<\/p>\n Yifan Li, from the West China Hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu, and colleagues evaluated the association between sleep disorders and LUTS\/BPH among Chinese men. The analysis included 11,824 survey respondents.<\/p>\n The researchers found that when adjusting for confounding variables, the global Pittsburgh sleep quality index score (odds ratio [OR], 1.257) and its five components (subjective sleep quality: OR, 1.376; sleep latency: OR, 0.656; sleep duration: OR, 1.441; habitual sleep efficiency: OR, 1.369; and daytime dysfunction: OR, 1.702) were significantly positively correlated with LUTS\/BPH prevalence. There were significant interaction effects seen by age subgroups, with sleep disorders more significantly associated with the risk for LUTS\/BPH among older participants.<\/p>\n “Our findings suggested that sleep disorders are associated with an increased prevalence of LUTS\/BPH. Moreover, the significant interaction between age and sleep disorders showed that older people are more likely to develop LUTS\/BPH due to sleep disorders,” the authors write. “Our study provides data support for the possible future proposal to prevent LUTS\/BPH by improving sleep disorders. Their potential biological mechanisms need to be further studied.”<\/p>\n