在韩国男性中,空气污染暴露与下泌尿道症状之间的关联
Young Min Jee1, Seo Eun Hwang2,3, Jae Moon Yun2,3
1Department of Family Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Scientific reports
|March 19, 2025
概括
长期暴露于空气污染,包括细颗粒物 (PM2.5),与男性更频繁和更严重的下尿道症状 (LUTS) 相关,特别是排泄问题. 这项研究强调了对尿路健康的重大环境健康问题.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 低尿路症状 (LUTS) 影响了相当一部分成年男性人口.
- 长期环境暴露,如空气污染对LUTS的影响仍然是积极调查的领域.
研究的目的:
- 调查长期暴露于环境空气污染和韩国男性LUTS的流行率和严重程度之间的联系.
- 确定可能导致LUTS发展或恶化的特定空气污染物.
主要方法:
- 分析了接受健康检查的7979名成年男性的队列.
- 使用社区多层次空气质量 (CMAQ) 模型估计了年度平均空气污染暴露水平.
- 用国际前列腺症状评分 (IPSS) 问卷来评估LUTS,并分析了患病率和严重程度.
主要成果:
- 虽然没有发现与整体LUTS患病率有显著的关联,但暴露于PM2.5和PM10与空白症状的患病率增加有关.
- 长期暴露于PM2.5和二氧化硫 (SO2) 与整体LUTS的严重程度增加有关.
- 没有观察到空气污染暴露和储存症状之间存在显著的关联.
结论:
- 长期暴露于环境空气污染,特别是颗粒物,与男性LUTS的更高的患病率和严重程度有关.
- 排泄症状似乎比储存症状更容易受到空气污染的影响.
- 这项研究强调了潜在的环境风险因素,有助于下泌尿道的健康.
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