PURPOSE The precise etiology and classification of nocturia in women is not enough. We evaluated age related changes and classified the type of nocturia by age in women. METHODS We included 118 women 20 years or older with nocturia at least one time during night time. Subjects were divided into three groups by the age: group 1, under 40 years; group 2, 40 through 59 years; group 3, 60 years a...

BACKGROUND Nocturia has been independently associated with cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality, but such studies did not adjust for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which may have mediated such a relationship. Our aims were to determine whether an association between nocturia and cardiovascular morbidity exists that is independent of SDB. We also determined whether nocturia is ind...

INTRODUCTION Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and its associated lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), including nocturia, are extremely common among middle- and older-age American men. Although studies on physical activity (PA) and prevalent BPH-related outcomes suggest that PA may protect against the development of this common condition, only a few studies have examined the relation between ...

Nocturia had traditionally been considered part of an array of symptoms of some other primary disorder [ 1 ] . In 2002, the standardization subcommittee of the International Continence Society (ICS) proposed the fi rst standardization of nocturia terminology and this report has marked a new era in the approach to the management of nocturia. Since then, nocturia has begun to be recognized as a c...

OBJECTIVE To elucidate the effects of nocturia, one of the most bothersome of symptoms, on health-related quality of life (QOL), we examined the correlation between nocturia-specific QOL and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). METHODS Patients who visited our hospital complaining of LUTS were assessed retrospectively. A total of 259 men with LUTS answered the following questionnaires: ...

Objectives To study the association between nocturia and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) [surrogate of central arterial stiffness (CAS)] in men to explore this on predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Methods 246 consecutive (mean age:68.1 ± 8.4, range 36-88) newly referred urology clinic for male-lower urinary tract symptoms(mLUTS)/nocturia were recruited. Their bil...

Background: Nocturia is a common cause of night awakenings which bothers many patients with urinary tract diseases. NSAIDs can improve nocturia by decreasing urine production and modify the altered neural pathways between bladder and CNS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of NSAID in the treatment of nocturia secondary to BPH. Seventy-one patients complaining o...

Nocturia, which is commonly thought to be the most bothersome of lower urinary tract symptoms, has a consistently high impact on well-being and quality of life. The reported prevalence of nocturia in patients older than 50 years has been as high as 90%; the prevalence and inconvenience associated with nocturia increase with age. There are several causes of nocturia, which can be related to blad...