Abstract
Objective : Over active bladder (OAB) is a situation characterized by urgency which negatively affects quality of life. Associations have been shown between situations like age, obesity, parity, DM and hyperlipidemia with OAB. In this study, patients attending a family practice clinic without urologic symptoms had demographic and laboratory data researched for correlation with OAB. Material and Methods : A total of 100 female patients attending a family practice clinic had demographic features like age, height, weight, BMI, waist/hip ratio, and waist/height ratio and laboratory values like blood glucose, cholesterol, TG, hemoglobin, TSH, vitamin D3 and vitamin B12 compared for their effect on the OAB-V8 survey. Results : The OAB-V8 symptom score of patients was identified to have correlations with age, weight, BMI, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio and total cholesterol levels. Elevated total cholesterol, presence of more than one chronic disease, hemoglobin above 12 and central-type obesity were identified to increase OAB-V8 symptom score. Conclusion : OAB is a multifactorial disease and age, central-type obesity and more than one chronic disease may affect OAB symptoms.
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