Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Is Metaflammation the Link?

• Published in: The Prostate Vol. 76; no. 16; pp. 1528 - 1535
• Main Authors: Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Cimino, Sebastiano, Castelli, Tommaso, Favilla, Vincenzo, Gacci, Mauro, Carini, Marco, Condorelli, Rosita A., La Vignera, Sandro, Calogero, Aldo E., Motta, Fabio, Puzzo, Lidia, Caltabiano, Rosario, Morgia, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; benign prostatic hyperplasia; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammation - epidemiology; Liver diseases; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - epidemiology; LUTS; Male; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - complications; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Middle Aged; non-alcholic fatty liver disease; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - complications; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Odds Ratio; Prospective Studies; Prostate; Prostate - pathology; Prostate - surgery; Prostatic Hyperplasia - epidemiology; Prostatic Hyperplasia - pathology; Prostatitis - epidemiology; Prostatitis - pathology; Studies; Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction - surgery; metabolic syndrome; non-alcholic fatty liver disease; prostate; LUTS; inflammation; benign prostatic hyperplasia

PURPOSE The prevalence of prostatic inflammation (PI) is very frequent in patients affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). To investigate the relationship between prostatic inflammation (PI) and the presence of MetS and non‐alcoholic fatty liver diseas...