Influence of Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment on IPSS.Qmax in 01d and Middle-Aged Male Patients with Essential Hypertension
ZHANG Xiao
MAO Guang-yun
LIU Hai-peng
XU Xi-ping
Abstract：Objective:To explore the influence of blood pressure lowering treatment on the International Prostate Syndrome Score (IPSS) and maximum flow rate(Qmax)in old and middle-aged male patients with essential hypertension. Methods:We enrolled 193 hypertensive male patients aged 50-75 years from the rural area of Anqing,Anhui,treated them with Amlodipine for 4 weeks,and then analyzed the correlation of their baseline blood pressure and reduced blood pressure with the changes of IPSS and Qmax.Re-suits:After 4 weeks of medication,the systolic blood pressure(SBP) and diastolic blood pressure(DBP)of the subjects dropped by16.8±16.7 and 8.I±7.7 mmHg respectively(P<0.01),IPSS decreased by 2.5±5.5 points(P<0.01)and Qmax in-creased by 0.2±4.7 ml/s(P=0.46).Changes of Qmax were not significantly correlated with either the baseline or decreased blood pressure,while changes of IPSS had a significant linear correlation with the former but not with the latter. Conclusion:Lower-ing blood pressure in old and middle-aged male patients with essential hypertension can prevent or alleviate the subjective symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia,and it reduces IPSS more significantly in those with higher baseline blood pressure.
Keywords：hypertensionInternational Prostate Syndrome Scoremaximum flow ratebenign prostatic hyperplasia
Publication Date：2009-07-19
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 632-635 )