Risk factors for surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia in Western Australia Fritschi, Lin, Tabrizi, Jafar, Leavy, Justine, Ambrosini, Gina and Timperio, Anna 2007, Risk factors for surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia in Western Australia, Public Health, vol. 121, no. 10, pp. 781-789, doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.01.011. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Risk factors for surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia in Western Australia Author(s) Fritschi, Lin Tabrizi, Jafar Leavy, Justine Ambrosini, Gina Timperio, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012 Journal name Public Health Volume number 121 Issue number 10 Start page 781 End page 789 Publisher W.B. Saunders Co. Ltd. Place of publication London, England Publication date 2007-10 ISSN 0033-3506 1476-5616 Keyword(s) Benign prostatic hyperplasia Risk factors Case–control study Alcohol Physical activity Summary Objective: To determine the relationship between personal, hormonal and lifestyle risk factors and surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Materials and methods: A population-based case–control study was conducted in Western Australia (WA) on men aged 40–75 years who were surgically treated at public and private hospitals for BPH during 2001–2002. Controls were recruited from the WA electoral roll. Cases and controls were compared with regard to demographic and lifestyle factors and proxy measures of hormonal status using logistic regression. Data were available for 398 cases and 471 controls. Results: No associations with BPH were found for family history of prostate cancer in father or brother, serving in the military in a combat area, pattern of baldness, smoking status, obesity, alcohol intake and occupational physical activity. The only inverse relationship was observed with heavy alcohol drinking (>30 g/day), however, this was not statistically significant. An increased risk of BPH, not statistically significant, was observed for British-born men compared to Australian born and for history of vasectomy. The analysis was repeated after excluding 28% of controls with moderate and severe symptoms of BPH and 7% of cases with mild symptoms prior to surgery, and our results remained essentially unchanged. Conclusions:The results suggest that there are few risk factors for BPH although perhaps country of birth, vasectomy and heavy alcohol consumption may be considered further. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.01.011 Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2007, W.B. Saunders Co. Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30007475 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 10 Jul 2013, 14:09:46 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 08:48:09 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 25 times in TR Web of Science Cited 25 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 964 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 08:52:32 EST