THE NATURAL HISTORY OF LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS IN BLACK AMERICAN MEN: RELATIONSHIPS WITH AGING, PROSTATE SIZE, FLOW RATE AND BOTHERSOMENESS
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 165 (5) , 1521-1525
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)66341-0
Abstract
Conclusions To our knowledge this is the first study to describe the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and its associations with age, prostate size and peak flow rate in a black American population. A large proportion of the men in this study had from moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms, of whom many were undiagnosed and untreated. The AUA symptom score has the potential to identify these men and its validity in black Americans has now been established.Keywords
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