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Metabolically healthy obesity is associated with increased risk of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia: A cohort study of Chinese elderly males

Wei-Nan Chen, S. Man, Bo Wang, Gaohaer Kadeerhan, Xiao-Bo Huang

Lower urinary tract symptoms, 2021

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Abstract

Obesity and metabolic status are both modifiable risk factors of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH). However, the association between metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and LUTS/BPH is largely unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the risk of LUTS/BPH among different metabolic syndrome‐body mass index (MetS‐BMI) phenotypes in a cohort of Chinese males.

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