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The Relationship between the Presence of an Earlobe Crease and Overactive Bladder: A Cross-Sectional Case-Controlled Study
| العنوان: | The Relationship between the Presence of an Earlobe Crease and Overactive Bladder: A Cross-Sectional Case-Controlled Study |
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| المؤلفون: | Yasufumi Ueda, Tomohiro Matsuo, Ken Kawada, Hidenori Ito, Kensuke Mitsunari, Kojiro Ohba, Ryoichi Imamura |
| المصدر: | Medicina, Vol 59, Iss 3, p 476 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | overactive bladder, earlobe crease, lower urinary tract symptom, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| الوصف: | Background and Objectives: To examine the relationship between the presence of earlobe crease (EC) and overactive bladder (OAB). Materials and Methods: The earlobes of the participants were examined macroscopically. ECs were further divided into four groups (grades 0–3) according to severity. Subjective symptoms were assessed using the OAB symptom score (OABSS), and objective findings were assessed using uroflowmetry. The relationship between these findings and the presence or absence and severity of EC was also examined. A score of ≥2 points on OABSS question 3 (urinary urgency), with a total score of ≥3 points, indicated OAB. Results: We analyzed 246 participants, including 120 (48.8%) in the EC group and 126 (51.2%) in the non-EC (N-EC) group. On the OABSS, the EC group scored higher than the N-EC group for all questions and for the total score. The total OABSS of EC grade 3 was the highest of all groups. A total of 115 (95.8%) patients in the EC group (100% in grade 3) and 69 (54.8%) in the N-EC group met the OAB criteria (p < 0.001). The voided volume and maximum flow rate of the EC group were significantly lower than those of the N-EC group (both p < 0.001). The post-void residual urine volume in the EC group was significantly higher than that in the N-EC group (p = 0.029). Multivariate analysis revealed that EC was an independent risk factor for OAB (odds ratio, 8.15; 95% confidence interval, 2.84–24.75; p < 0.001). Conclusions: The presence of an earlobe crease may be a predictive marker for OAB. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1648-9144 1010-660X |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/3/476; https://doaj.org/toc/1010-660X; https://doaj.org/toc/1648-9144 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/medicina59030476 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/da295cd5c5204a5994c6ab2c1821b1db |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.295cd5c5204a5994c6ab2c1821b1db |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 16489144 1010660X |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/medicina59030476 |