Urologic and reproductive health status of 30 - 60 years old males: investigation among 1006 men in Shijingshan District of Beijing / 中华男科学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To know and find some evidence for the improvement of the urologic and reproductive health of men between 30 and 60 years old.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Using stratified random sampling, we conducted a questionnaire investigation on the urologic and reproductive health status of 1 006 men aged from 30 to 60 years old in the Shijingshan District of Beijing, including the unemployed, taxi drivers and office workers.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 1006 males investigated, BMI > or = 24 kg/m2 was found in 72.7%, hypertension in 40.0%, abnormal IPSS in 85.5%, abnormal NIH-CPSI in 75.6%, abnormal IIEF-5 in 66.3%, aging male symptoms (AMS) in 10.7%, anxiety in 17.1%, depression in 25.1%, fasting blood-glucose >6.1 mmol/L in 34.9%, total cholesterol >5.07 mmol/L in 44.3% and triglyceride > 1.71 mmol/L in 46.6%; the level of total testosterone was (17.9 +/- 7.2) nmol/L, < 12 nmol/L in 21.3% and <8 nmol/L in 3.4%, and the level of free testosterone was (6.5 +/- 15.1) pmol/L.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The urologic and reproductive health status of 30 to 60 years old males in Beijing deserves serious attention from medical workers.</p>