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. 2009 Oct-Dec;25(4):461-6.
doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.57912.

Age, gender, and voided volume dependency of peak urinary flow rate and uroflowmetry nomogram in the Indian population

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Age, gender, and voided volume dependency of peak urinary flow rate and uroflowmetry nomogram in the Indian population

Vikash Kumar et al. Indian J Urol. 2009 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Objectives : The objective of this study was measurement of urine flow parameters by a non invasive urodynamic test. Variation of flow rates based on voided volume, age, and gender are described. Different nomograms are available for different populations and racial differences of urethral physiology are described. Currently, there has been no study from the Indian population on uroflow parameters. So the purpose of this study was to establish normal reference ranges of maximum and average flow rates, to see the influence of age, gender, and voided volume on flow rates, and to chart these values in the form of a nomogram. Methods : We evaluated 1,011 uroflowmetry tests in different age groups in a healthy population (healthy relatives of our patients) 16-50 year old males,> 50 year old males, 5-15 year old children, and> 15 year pre-menopausal and post-menopausal females. The uroflowmetry was done using the gravitimetric method. Flow chart parameters were analyzed and statistical calculations were used for drawing uroflow nomograms. Results : Qmax values in adult males were significantly higher than in the elderly and Qmax values in young females were significantly higher than in young males. Qmax values in males increased with age until 15 years old; followed by a slow decline until reaching 50 years old followed by a rapid decline after 50 years old even after correcting voided volume. Qmax values in females increased with age until they reached age 15 followed by decline in flow rate until a pre-menopausal age followed by no significant decline in post-menopausal females. Qmax values increased with voided volume until 700 cc followed by a plateau and decline. Conclusions : Qmax values more significantly correlated with age and voided volume than Qavg. Nomograms were drawn in centile form to provide normal reference ranges. Qmax values in our population were lower than described in literature. Patients with voided volume up to 50 ml could be evaluated with a nomogram.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Uroflowmetry nomogram for maximum flow rates in the male population 16-50 years old in India
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Figure 2
Uroflowmetry nomogram for maximum flow rates in > 50 year old male population in India
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Figure 3
Uroflowmetry nomogram for maximum flow rates in premenopausal female in India
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Figure 4
Uroflowmetry nomogram for maximum flow rates in postmenopausal females in India
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Figure 5
Uroflowmetry nomogram for maximum flow rates in males 5-14 years old in India
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Figure 6
Uroflowmetry nomogram for maximum flow rates in females 5-14 years old in India

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