The Relationship Between Immune-Inflammatory Indexes and the Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital in China
Abstract
Purpose Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are common urogenital system diseases in elderly men and can cause serious complications when the disease progresses to moderate and severe stages. Early and accurate identification is of great significance for prevention, treatment, and prognosis assessment. However, there is still a lack of effective and simple predictive indicators. This study aims to investigate whether immune-inflammatory markers derived from complete blood count (CBC) exhibit an independent association with the severity of BPH/LUTS. Patients and Methods This study included a total of 698 BPH/LUTS patients who met the inclusion criteria at the Department of Urology, Jiangnan University Medical Center. According to the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) score, patients were divided into a mild group and a moderate-to-severe group. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association between the severity of BPH/LUTS and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI), and systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII). Results The median age of the participants was 70.00 (65.00, 75.00) years. After adjusting for confounding factors, the NLR, SIRI, and SII were positively correlated with the severity of BPH/LUTS. Compared with the lowest quartile, the highest quartile of NLR (OR = 6.20 [3.49–11.02]), SIRI (OR = 7.49 [4.15–13.50]), and SII (OR =7.85…
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