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No large-scale comparison of the 4 most established surgical approaches for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostate obstruction in terms of long-term efficacy is available. We compared photoselective vaporization, laser enucleation and open simple prostatectomy to transurethral resection with regard to 5-year surgical reintervention rates.

A total of 43,041 male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms who underwent transurethral resection (34,526), photoselective vaporization (3,050), laser enucleation (1,814) or open simple prostatectomy (3,651) between 2011 and 2013 were identified in pseudonymized claims and core data of the German local health care funds and followed for 5 years. L-685,458 Surgical reinterventions for lower urinary tract symptoms, urethral stricture or bladder neck contracture were evaluated. Surgical approach was related to reintervention risk using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards models.

A total of 5,050 first reinterventions were performed within 5 yearstion with respect to long-term efficacy.

Five-year reintervention rates of transurethral resection and laser enucleation did not differ significantly, while photoselective vaporization had a substantially higher rate. Open simple prostatectomy remains superior to transurethral resection with respect to long-term efficacy.

The Prostate Health Index is validated for prostate cancer detection but has not been well validated for Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer detection in Black men. We hypothesize that the Prostate Health Index has greater accuracy than prostate specific antigen for detection of Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer. We estimated probability of overall and Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer across previously established Prostate Health Index ranges and identified Prostate Health Index cutoffs that maximize specificity for Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer with sensitivity >90%.

We recruited a "cancer-free" Black control cohort (135 patients) and a cohort of biopsy naïve Black men (158) biopsied for elevated prostate specific antigen. Descriptive statistics compared the prostate cancer cases and controls and the frequency of Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer across Prostate Health Index scores. Receiver operating characteristics compared the discrimination of prostate specific ant% sensitivity of Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer.

The Prostate Health Index has moderate accuracy in detecting Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer in Blacks, but Prostate Health Index ≥28.0 can be safely used to avoid some unnecessary biopsies in Blacks.

The Prostate Health Index has moderate accuracy in detecting Gleason grade group 2-5 prostate cancer in Blacks, but Prostate Health Index ≥28.0 can be safely used to avoid some unnecessary biopsies in Blacks.

This study aimed to find the associations between vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Chinese middle-aged women in a cross-sectional study.

A total of 675 participants were recruited from an urban Chinese community. MetS was defined by the 2009 criteria of the Joint Interim Statement. VMS including hot flashes and sweats, blood pressure, weight, height, waist circumference (WC), serum glucose, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), estradiol, and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were collected.

The presence of hot flashes was independently associated with the risk of MetS after adjusting for age, menopausal status, FSH

, estradiol

, and physical activity (odds ratio 1.98, 95% confidence interval 1.21-3.24,

 = 0.006). Both hot flashes and sweats were also independently associated with WC (for hot flashes,

 = 0.016; and for sweats,

 = 0.007) and triglycerides (for hot flashes,

 = 0.041; and for sweats,

 = 0.014) significantly. However, VMS were not significantly associated with blood pressure, glucose, HDL, and LDL.

Women with hot flashes had a higher risk of MetS. Both hot flashes and sweats were related to a higher amount of central fat indicated by WC and higher triglycerides, but were not related to blood pressure, glucose, and HDL in Chinese women.

Women with hot flashes had a higher risk of MetS. Both hot flashes and sweats were related to a higher amount of central fat indicated by WC and higher triglycerides, but were not related to blood pressure, glucose, and HDL in Chinese women.

Anemarsaponin BII is one of the most active saponins isolated from

Bunge (Asparagaceae), a commonly used Chinese traditional paediatric medicine.

This study investigates the effects of anemarsaponin BII on the activity of CYP450s to provide more guidance for the clinical use of anemarsaponin BII.

Using various diagnostic substrates, the effects of a fixed concentration of anemarsaponin BII (100 μM) on the activity of eight main isoforms of CYP450s (CYP1A2, 2A6, 3A4, 2C8, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6 and 2E1) was first studied with pooled human liver microsomes (HLMs). Then, dose-dependent (0, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 μM anemarsaponin BII) and time-dependent (0, 5, 10, 15 and 30 min) experiments were performed to obtain corresponding kinetic parameters.

Anemarsaponin BII showed significant inhibitory effects on the activity of CYP3A4, 2D6 and 2E1 with the IC

values of 13.67, 16.26 and 19.72 μM. Anemarsaponin BII acted as a non-competitive inhibitor of CYP3A4 with the

value of 6.72 μM and competitive inhibitors of CYP2D6 and 2E1 with the

values of 8.26 and 9.82 μM, respectively. Additionally, the inhibition of CYP3A4 was revealed to be time-dependent with the

value of 4.88 μM and the

value of 0.053/min.

The inhibitory effect of anemarsaponin BII on the activity of CYP3A4, 2D6 and 2E1 indicated the potential drug-drug interaction between anemarsaponin BII and drugs metabolized by these CYP450s. Further

experiments are needed to validate the potential drug-drug interactions.

The inhibitory effect of anemarsaponin BII on the activity of CYP3A4, 2D6 and 2E1 indicated the potential drug-drug interaction between anemarsaponin BII and drugs metabolized by these CYP450s. Further in vivo experiments are needed to validate the potential drug-drug interactions.