Association of lower urinary tract symptoms and testosterone deficiency in men with type 2 diabetes

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

12-1-2016

Journal

Urologiia (Moscow, Russia : 1999)

Issue

6

Keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; diabetic cistopathy; lower urinary tract symptoms; testosterone deficiency; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Type 2 diabetes mellitus, as a chronic systemic metabolic disease, is widely spread in the population of middle- aged men. Previously it has been proven the link between the presence of type 2 diabetes and the development of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. At the same time, middle-aged men are characterized by the appearance and progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia.MATERIAL AND METHODS: We performed a study of middle-aged men with type 2 diabetes to determine the interrelation of micturition disorders with deficiency of serum testosterone, in respect that the pathophysiology of prostatic hyperplasia is regarded as dysmetabolic dyshormonal state. The prospective study examined 112 men with type 2 diabetes randomized by the level of total testosterone. Lower urinary tract symptoms were assessed by I-PSS questionnaire. The study of serum total PSA, uroflowmetry, transrectal prostate ultrasonography were performed.RESULTS: As a result of the study the association between the severity of type 2 diabetes mellitus and the decrease in total testosterone levels was determined. The relationship of testosterone deficiency and the frequency of the presence and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms were demonstrated. The dependence of the prostate hyperplasia risks progression with the level of serum testosterone was found.CONCLUSIONS: The association of testosterone deficiency with frequency and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms, partially related with benign prostatic hyperplasia and clinically defined detrusor cistopathy, has been proven. Further clinical studies are needed to determine the pathophysiological and pathomorphological features of type 2 diabetes, which determines the development of detrusor cistopathy and late onset hypigonadism.

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