mahesh.m.r
lovely thomas
mathew tharun george
background: Benign prostatic hypertrophy is fairly common in elderly. It refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle-aged and elderly men. As this is the major problem of the old age we should consider it seriously. The quality of the life is affected and morbidity increases. Early detection and treatment will improve the quality of the life. So finding out the risk factor will help in decreasing the incidence.
methodology:
Case control study was conducted on risk factors of BPH under the department of community medicine with 25 cases and 50 controls. Study was conducted among the male patients between the age group 45-85 yrs admitted in urology ward of MCH Trivandrum. Interviewer administered pre-tested questionnaire was used for collection of data.
Results
From this study statistically significant association was obtained for exposure to sunlight, smoking, duration of smoking, no. of cigarettes smoked per day, frequency of drinking, pan chewing, hypertension, duration of hypertension, use of analgesics and urinary calculi.