Abstract

• Objectives
  Chronic prostatitis is difficult to treat and unintelligible disease with multi-factorial etiology, various pathophysiology and several clinical manifestations rather than simple single disease. Therefore, it is thought to be important successful treatment and courtesy call that grasp whether some elements influence incidence of disease. The authors wished to search factors which influence the development and the progress of chronic prostatitis.
• Methods
  From January, 2004 to October, 184 patients who undergo diagnosis as chronic prostatitis were selected, and chose healthy 40 men for comparative analysis to control group. Subjects were investigated for the status of profession and form of work, driving, motorcycle or bicycle utilization, drinking, smoking and sex, and the style of behavior and diet.
• Results
  Average age of chronic prostatitis(CP) group and control group was no difference. The classification of specific profession did not show relevant difference, but sedentary desk workers were much excellently than CP group(40.0%) by control group(53.8%)(p<0.05). Driver's ratio more than 1 day 1 hour was high in CP group than control group(22.5%) by 28.3%(p<0.05). A person who ride motorcycle or bicycle did not show relevant difference(p>0.05). A person who ejaculate more than once a week through any manner, was less CP group(51.1%) than control group(62.5%), but showed high ratio by person with ejaculation less than 1-2 time a month and daily ejaculation in CP group(p<0.05). A person who drinks more than once a week was many in CP group(p<0.05), and also a person who drink more than 1 bottle of soju expressively high ratio show in CP group(p<0.05), In dietary life habit, CP group showed high ratio by salty food preference degree(p<0.05).
• Conclusion
  Some factors look that have important effect in disease change for the worse progress of chronic prostatitis. Therefore, it is thought should be gone side by side that reform this detecting eating habit and lifestyle that can exacerbate the disease along with general medication in treatment.
• Keywords: Chronic prostatitis; Risk factors