Salem, I., Ali, S., Al Bllady, F., Albeshri, E. (2019). Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. test, 76(2), 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Iman Mohmad Wahby Salem; Soad Shaker Ali; Fatma Ibrahim Al Bllady; Ebtihal Mohammed Saleh Albeshri. "Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia". test, 76, 2, 2019, 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Salem, I., Ali, S., Al Bllady, F., Albeshri, E. (2019). 'Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia', test, 76(2), pp. 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Salem, I., Ali, S., Al Bllady, F., Albeshri, E. Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. test, 2019; 76(2): 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162

Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 24, Volume 76, Issue 2, July 2019, Pages 3564-3571    PDF (662.64 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Authors
Iman Mohmad Wahby Salem1; Soad Shaker Ali2; Fatma Ibrahim Al Bllady3; Ebtihal Mohammed Saleh Albeshri4
1Family and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU and Al-Azhar University
2Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU
3Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU
4Undergraduate student, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU.
Abstract
Background: Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension associated-heart disease; and several different cancers were reported to be linked to high meat consumption. Assessment of urinary nutria-metabolomics was also considered and reported as a novel tool for dietary styles. Increased consumption of red meat was associated with increased risk of bladder diseases and infection. Method: This is a cross-sectional study conducted among the Rabigh colleges’ female students throughout 10 months, for measuring the prevalence of symptomatic lower urinary tract infection (LUTI) at King Abdul-Aziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, 2019. The questionnaire was distributed among 200 students through their mobile via WhatsApp. It was calculated by the sample size equation, using a mean prevalence of LUTI among teenage female. Result: Among the 230 students who received the questionnaire, the response rate was 66%, so the total current studied sample was 152 female students from different colleges in Rabigh. 75.66% of them in age (15- 24 years), and 24.34% of them were in age (25-30 years), 23.68% of them were married, and 78.29% were eating red meat. UTI prevalence was 25.66%. There was a high percentage (66.7%) of UTI among the young female (15-24 years), the married women (35.9%), the group who don’t drink enough water (69.2%), and 59.0% with a high rate of eating meat (2 times/ week). All these differences were found to be statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: LUTI symptoms seemed to be related to increased trend towards red meat eating besides other factors e.g. water drinking and marital status.
Keywords
Eating Red meat; Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection; Female Students
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