THE ROLE OF ABDOMINAL OBESITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROSTATE DISEASES
A direct and age-independent relationship between the presence of chronic prostatitis and abdominal obesity in men was revealed. However, the occurrence of benign prostatic hyperplasia in men of the older age group did not depend on the presence of abdominal obesity. The severity of dysuria was higher in men with abdominal obesity irrespective of the age, and the quality of life associated with dysuria was worse than in men without abdominal obesity. A direct dependence of the level of prostate-specific antigen in blood on the presence of abdominal obesity was revealed for men of the first mature age.