Incidence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in a Population-based Study of Men and Women - 02/09/13
, Shan Chen, Gretchen R. Chiu, Carrie G. Wager, Varant Kupelian, Andre B. Araujo, John B. McKinlayAbstract |
Objective |
To report the incidence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in a racially and ethnically and age-diverse U.S. population-based sample of men and women.
Materials and Methods |
We conducted a prospective cohort study with 5 years of follow-up. A stratified 2-stage cluster random sampling method was used to recruit 5502 Boston residents aged 30-79 years of black, Hispanic, or white race or ethnicity. Of these, 4144 (1610 men and 2534 women) completed the follow-up protocol. The American Urological Association Symptom Index was used to define moderate-to-severe LUTS.
Results |
Of the 3301 men and women with no or mild LUTS at baseline, the 5-year incidence of moderate-to-severe LUTS (American Urological Association Symptom Index ≥8) was 11.4% overall and was higher for women than for men (13.9% vs 8.5%, P = .02). Although the incidence increased with age (P <.001), it had a plateau among women aged 50-70 years and then doubled to 35.0% among women aged ≥70 years. White men had a distinctly lower incidence (7%) than all other sex and race subgroups (13%).
Conclusion |
Approximately 1 in 10 adults had newly developed LUTS at 5 years follow-up of in our study, with differences by sex and race or ethnicity, indicating a greater occurrence of urologic problems among black and Hispanic participants and women.
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| Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests. |
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| Funding Support: This project was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (grant U01DK56842). The content of this work is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases or the National Institutes of Health. |
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P. 560-564 - septembre 2013 Retour au numéro
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