Table 2.

Risk of Acute Urinary Retention (AUR)

			Risk of AUR
Study	No. of Patients	History of BPH	per 1000 PY
Physicians
Health Study*	15,851	No	4.5
Olmsted County
Study†	2115	No	6.8
PLESS‡§	1376	Yes	18

^*Data from Meigs JB et al. J Urol. 1999;162:376–382.³⁹

^†Data from Jacobsen SJ et al. J Urol. 1997;158:481–487.³

^‡Data from McConnell JD et al. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:557–563.⁴

^§Placebo arm.

BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia; PY, person-year; PLESS, Proscar Long-Term Efficacy and Safety Study.