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Sedentary lifestyle can increase risk of urinary tract symptoms
Sitting and physical inactivity can increase the risk of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
Washington D.C.: Sitting and physical inactivity can increase the risk of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
A team led by researchers at the Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, in South Korea, conducted the study on 69,795 middle-aged Korean men.
They found that the incidence rate of LUTS--which relate to urine storage and/or voiding disturbances--was 39 per 1000 person-years. (A person-year is the number of years of follow-up multiplied by the number of people in the study.)
"The results support the importance of both reducing sitting time and promoting physical activity for preventing LUTS," said lead author Dr. Heung Jae Park.
"Further studies are still needed to examine the influence of sedentary behaviors on LUTS and its determinants," added senior author Dr. Seungho Ryu.
The findings have been published in the journal BJU International.
