Chronic Prostate Inflammation is Associated with Severity and Progression of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Risk of Acute Urinary Retention

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5687727	The Journal of Urology	2016	29 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Our longitudinal evaluation of REDUCE patients randomized to placebo for 4 years confirmed that chronic inflammation is associated with severity and the progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia and benign prostatic hyperplasia/lower urinary tract symptom outcomes.

Keywords

PSA BPE AUR Prostate specific antigen urinary retention acute urinary retention inflammation Benign prostatic enlargement post-void residual urine volume Prostate volume body mass index BMI PVR Lower urinary tract symptoms LUTS Benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH Prostatic hyperplasia Prostate Disease progression