Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/14355
Title: The impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in both male and female patients
Authors: Papaefstathiou, Efstathios 
Moysidis, Kyriakos 
Sarafis, Pavlos 
Ioannidis, Evaggelos 
Hatzimouratidis, Konstantinos 
Major Field of Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Field Category: Clinical Medicine
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus;IPSS;Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS)
Issue Date: Feb-2019
Source: Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 2019, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 454-457
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Start page: 454
End page: 457
Journal: Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 
Abstract: Introduction Contemporary studies examine the connection of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) with Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), alone or associated with other factors of the metabolic syndrome. However, little research has occurred concerning patients with diabetes of both genders and sexes without other diseases of the lower urinary tract. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between DM and LUTS. Methods The study enrolled 110 patients with DM and 134 healthy individuals. The IPSS questionnaire was used for the evaluation of symptoms from lower urinary tract. Data was analyzed with univariate and multivariate logistic regression using SPSS v.24. Results Analysis with moderate/severe LUTS as dependent variable and plausible confounding factors (age group, BMI, hypertension, dyslipidemia, years with DM and reported HbA1c) as covariates revealed that only HbA1c levels correlated independently with the presence of moderate/severe LUTS (p = 0,024, OR:2,729, CI:1,144–6,509) in diabetic women, while there was no statistically significant difference between male groups. HbA1c levels' correlation with IPSS-voiding and IPSS- storage score was not statistically significant. Quality of life is also affected in women with diabetes mellitus (p: 0,02). Conclusion Only an increase in HbA1c was independently connected with a deterioration of LUTS in the female group.
ISSN: 18780334
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.11.009
Rights: © Diabetes India
Type: Article
Affiliation : Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 
Cyprus University of Technology 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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