| Summary: | Background: The increase of Indonesia’s population life expectancy causes the increase of
advanced age people. This issued resulted in increasing of degenerative diseases such as
Hyperplasia Prostate which is the second biggest disease in urology clinic in Indonesia. This study
aimed to determine the risk factors in the form of age, smoking, alcoholic consumption, physical
exercise, cholesterol, and diabetes mellitus associated to hyperplasia prostate cases at Prof.Dr. W.
Z. Johannes, Hospital Kupang.
Subjects and Method: This was an observational analytic study with case control design. A total
of the samples were 68 man were collected by random sampling technique. Dependent variable
was prostate hyperplasia. Independent variables were age, smoking, phisycal exercise, alcohol
consumption and diabetes mellitus. The data were analyzed by Chi Square.
Results: This research showed that risk associated the risk factors were age (OR=12.63; 95% CI=
2.60 to 61.37; p<0.001), smoking (OR=3.52; 95% CI=1.27 to 9.7; p=0.026), physical exercise
(OR=3.38; 95%CI=1.25 to 9.16; p=0.014), and cholesterol level (OR=3.88; 95%CI= 1.41 to 10.66;
p=0.007). There was no association on alcohol consumption (OR= 1.33; 95% CI= 0.47 to 3.78;
p=0.595) and diabetes mellitus (OR=0.88; 95% CI=0.32 to 2.39; p=0.798).
Conclusion: Increase prevention efforts such as screening prostate specific antigen socialization
and non-communicable diseases as a prevention in the future.
Keywords: prostate hyperplasia, risk factors
Correspondence:
Indri W. Misnadin, Apris A. Adu, Indriati A. Tedju Hinga. Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School
of Public Health, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang
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