Study On The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption And Chronic Prostatitis-Like Symptoms (Result From Fangchenggang Area Male Heath And Examination Survey)

Objectives:To investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and chronic prostatitis-like symptoms in a population-based Chinese adult male.Methods:In present study, data from the Fangchenggang area male health survey were analyzed. Cases were collected between September 2009 to December 2009, after screening for the inclusion and exclusion standard strictly, 3181 people were finally recruited in the study. The age group is between 17 to 88 years old. A unified questionnaire form, a detailed record of personal drinking, including the frequency of drinking and drinking long were used in the study. Chronic prostatitis symptom index using NIH-CPSI scores were evaluated, and subdivided into a total of chronic prostatitis symptom score (mild: NIH-CPSI total score<12,moderate to severe:NIH-CPSI total score>12 points), the influence of pain symptoms, voiding symptoms and quality of life in patients with CP. Compared with the chi square test (χ2)for confounding factors in the distribution of chronic prostatitis symptom of different populations of the symptoms of chronic prostatitis risk and drinking correlation with logistic regression analysis.Results:Our research showed that the prevalence of CP with the moderate to severe symptoms is 9.9%.The distribution of age, drinking, smoking, exercise and education in two different groups of CP symptoms in people had statistically significant difference (P<0.05); the risk of patients with alcohol consumption 1-2 times per week had a total population of chronic prostatitis symptom score (OR=0.55,95%CI=0.37-0.83) and voiding symptom score (OR=0.56, 95%CI=0.39-0.81) were significantly lower than that of teetotaler (P<0.05), in addition, the same relationship also exists between the groups of the weekly drinking<1 times (OR=0.71,95%CI=0.51-0.99)and voiding symptom score (P<0.05). A statistically significant nagetive correlation was observed between≤ 2 times weekly drinking and voiding symptom score risk (P<0.05). While a statistically significant positive correlation was observed between the every day or almost every day drinkers and total NIH-CPSI score (P<0.05).Conclusions:Low drinking frequency (the number of alcohol consumption<2 times per week) has a protective effect to the occurrence and development of chronic prostatitis symptom; on the contrary, highly drinking frequency (daily or almost daily drinking) may be relative risk factors of chronic prostatitis symptom of illness.