Evaluating racial/ethnic disparities in lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined whether there are racial/ethnic disparities in lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

Materials and methods

Racial/ethnic disparities were examined using the American Urological Association symptom index in 2 large cohorts, including the California Men's Health Study and the Research Program in Genes, Environment and Health. Prevalence and incidence were calculated in each age and race/ethnicity strata. Multivariate analysis was done to assess the association between race/ethnicity and lower urinary tract symptoms.

Results

The lower urinary tract symptom prevalence increased with age in each racial/ethnic category (p <0.05). The mean ± SD age adjusted American Urological Association symptom index score for black, Hispanic, other/mixed, non-Hispanic w

SUBMITTER: Van Den Eeden SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4005424 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature