Correlation between TCM syndrome types and clinical symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia with chronic prostatitis
HUANG Xin-fei
NING Ke-qin
WANG Qing
LIU Tao
HE Ying
XUE Jian-guo
DAI Li-qin
ZHU Yong-kang
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the correlation between the syndrome types of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and clinical symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with chronic prostatitis (BPH-CP).Methods:We selected 150 cases of BPH-CP in this study and divided them into 7 TCM syndrome types.Using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses,we studied the correlation of each TCM syndrome type with the age,disease course,prostate volume,postvoid residual urine volume (PVR),prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level,maximum urinary flow rate (Qmax),and International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS).Results:Kidney-yin deficiency was correlated positively with the prostate volume but negatively with Qmax and IPSS;kidneyyang deficiency positively with the age and prostate volume but negatively with IPSS;the damp heat syndrome positively with the PSA level but negatively with the disease course,prostate volume and Qmax;the spleen-qi deficiency syndrome positively with the prostate volume but negatively with the disease course;liver-qistagnation positively with the disease course but negatively with the age,prostate volume and PVR;the syndrome of qi stagnation and blood stasis positively with the disease course and IPSS but negatively with PVR;the syndrome of lung-heat and qi blockage positively with the age,Qmax and IPSS but negatively with the disease course.Conclusion:The TCM syndrome types of BPH-CP are closely correlated to their clinical symptoms.The analysis of the clinical objective indexes of BPH-CP can provide some reliable evidence for accurate identification of the TCM syndrome type of the disease.
Keywords：benign prostatic hyperplasiachronic prostatitistraditional Chinese medicine syndrome typeclinical symptomscorrelation
Publication Date：2017-12-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 1111-1115 )