Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and increased risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a retrospective nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) are common disorders in ageing male populations. Nevertheless, the relationship between the two diseases has rarely been explored. The objective of this study was to examine whether patients with COPD are at an increased risk of BPH.

Design

Retrospective nationwide cohort study.

Setting

Data retrieved from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.

Participants

Overall, 19 959 male patients aged 40 years and over with newly diagnosed COPD between 2000 and 2006 were included as the COPD group, and 19 959 sex-matched and age-matched enrollees without COPD were included as the non-COPD group. Both groups were followed-up until the end of 2011.

Outcome meas

SUBMITTER: Peng YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734354 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature