Effect of weight reduction on the severity of lower
urinary tract symptoms in obese men with benign
prostatic hyperplasia
CF Ng1, CH Yee1, WY So2, SKH Yip3, E Wu4, P Yau5
1 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital
3 Private practice
4 Physiotherapy Department, Prince of Wales Hospital
5 Dietetic Department, Prince of Wales Hospital
1. A minor change in body mass index does not
affect lower urinary tract symptoms, including
subjective symptom scores and objective
uroflowmetry variables.
2. More effort is needed to optimise the implementation of weight reduction programmes with respect to lower urinary tract symptom improvement in real life.
2. More effort is needed to optimise the implementation of weight reduction programmes with respect to lower urinary tract symptom improvement in real life.