AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM OVERACTIVITY IN MEN WITH LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS SECONDARY TO BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA

Abstract

ANS hyperactivity is significantly associated with the most commonly used measures of LUTS, namely AUA symptom score and BPH impact index score. Also, the magnitude of the serum norepinephrine increase after tilt predicts prostate size. These relationships persist after controlling for extrinsic influences on ANS activity. The current findings may have important implications concerning the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying or influencing LUTS as well as its optimal treatment in men with BPH.