The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 4 , Pages 1463-1468 , October 2009

Alcohol Consumption is Associated With a Decreased Risk of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

  • J. Kellogg Parsons

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Division of Urology, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103-8897
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with AMS and Urigen.
    • ,
  • Ronald Im

Received 2 February 2009

References 

  1. Wei JT, Calhoun E, Jacobsen SJ. Urologic Diseases in America Project: benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Urol. 2005;173:1256
  2. Parsons JK. Modifiable risk factors for benign prostatic hyperplasia and lower urinary tract symptoms: new approaches to old problems. J Urol. 2007;178:395
  3. Parsons JK, Bergstrom J, Barrett-Connor E. Lipids, lipoproteins and the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia in community-dwelling men. BJU Int. 2008;101:313
  4. Mukamal KJ, Chiuve SE, Rimm EB. Alcohol consumption and risk for coronary heart disease in men with healthy lifestyles. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2145
  5. Kang D, Andriole GL, Van De Vooren RC, et al. Risk behaviours and benign prostatic hyperplasia. BJU Int. 2004;93:1241
  6. Gass R. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: the opposite effects of alcohol and coffee intake. BJU Int. 2002;90:649
  7. Gann PH, Hennekens CH, Longcope C, et al. A prospective study of plasma hormone levels, nonhormonal factors, and development of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate. 1995;26:40
  8. Platz EA, Rimm EB, Kawachi I, et al. Alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Am J Epidemiol. 1999;149:106
  9. Kristal AR, Arnold KB, Schenk JM, et al. Dietary patterns, supplement use, and the risk of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Am J Epidemiol. 2008;167:925
  10. Crispo A, Talamini R, Gallus S, et al. Alcohol and the risk of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urology. 2004;64:717
  11. Rohrmann S, Crespo CJ, Weber JR, et al. Association of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity with lower urinary tract symptoms in older American men: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. BJU Int. 2005;96:77
  12. Signorello LB, Tzonou A, Lagiou P, et al. The epidemiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a study in Greece. BJU Int. 1999;84:286
  13. Seim A, Hoyo C, Ostbye T, et al. The prevalence and correlates of urinary tract symptoms in Norwegian men: the HUNT study. BJU Int. 2005;96:88
  14. Joseph MA, Harlow SD, Wei JT, et al. Risk factors for lower urinary tract symptoms in a population-based sample of African-American men. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;157:906
  15. Rohrmann S, Fallin MD, Page WF, et al. Concordance rates and modifiable risk factors for lower urinary tract symptoms in twins. Epidemiology. 2006;17:419
  16. Turner C. How much alcohol is in a ‘standard drink'? (An analysis of 125 studies). Br J Addict. 1990;85:1171
  17. Juni P, Altman DG, Egger M. Assessing the quality of randomised controlled trials. In:  Egger M,  Smith GD,  Altman DG editor. Systematic Reviews in Health Care. London: BMJ Publishing Group; 2001;p. 87–108
  18. Roehrborn CG, Marberger M, Wolford ET, et al. Relationships between alcohol use and measures of LUTS/BPH severity: baseline data from dutasteride studies involving a total of 18,914 subjects. J Urol. 2006;175(suppl):435;abstract 1350.
  19. Meigs JB, Mohr B, Barry MJ, et al. Risk factors for clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia in a community-based population of healthy aging men. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001;54:935
  20. Morrison AS. Risk factors for surgery for prostatic hypertrophy. Am J Epidemiol. 1992;135:974
  21. Glynn RJ, Campion EW, Bouchard GR, et al. The development of benign prostatic hyperplasia among volunteers in the Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1985;121:78
  22. Chyou PH, Nomura AM, Stemmermann GN, et al. A prospective study of alcohol, diet, and other lifestyle factors in relation to obstructive uropathy. Prostate. 1993;22:253
  23. Bravi F, Bosetti C, Dal Maso L, et al. Food groups and risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urology. 2006;67:73
  24. Fritschi L, Tabrizi J, Leavy J, et al. Risk factors for surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia in Western Australia. Public Health. 2007;121:781
  25. Hong J, Kwon S, Yoon H, et al. Risk factors for benign prostatic hyperplasia in South Korean men. Urol Int. 2006;76:11
  26. Prezioso D, Catuogno C, Galassi P, et al. Life-style in patients with LUTS suggestive of BPH. Eur Urol. 2001;40:9
  27. Parsons JK, Kashefi C. Physical activity, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and lower urinary tract symptoms. Eur Urol. 2008;53:1228
  28. Rahman NU, Phonsombat S, Bochinski D, et al. An animal model to study lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction: the hyperlipidaemic rat. BJU Int. 2007;100:658
  29. Furukawa S, Fujita T, Shimabukuro M, et al. Increased oxidative stress in obesity and its impact on metabolic syndrome. J Clin Invest. 2004;114:1752
  30. Sciarra A, Di Silverio F, Salciccia S, et al. Inflammation and chronic prostatic diseases: evidence for a link?. Eur Urol. 2007;52:964

PII: S0022-5347(09)01512-2

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.06.038

The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 4 , Pages 1463-1468 , October 2009

Article Tools