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Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2009 Jun 18;182(2):616–625. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.04.025

Table 2.

Association of the metabolic syndrome (dependent variable) and LUTS (independent variable) assessed using the AUA Symptom Index (AUA-SI) and voiding (obstructive) and storage (irritative) scores. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

		Age-adjusted OR (95%CI)		Multivariate^* adjusted OR (95%CI)
AUA-SI	<8	1.00		1.00
	≥8	1.28 (0.84, 1.95)		1.14 (0.73, 1.78)
	0-1	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	2-7	1.83 (1.23, 2.72)	1.83^† (1.29, 2.60)	1.72 (1.10, 2.52)	1.68^† (1.21, 2.35)
	≥8	1.85 (1.19, 2.86)	1.83^† (1.29, 2.60)	1.59 (1.02, 2.48)	1.68^† (1.21, 2.35)
Voiding score^**	<5	1.00		1.00
	≥5	1.82 (1.11, 3.01)		1.73 (1.06, 2.80)
Storage score^**	<4	1.00		1.00
	≥4	1.35 (0.96, 1.91)		0.94 (0.66, 1.33)
Bother Score	Continuous	1.06 (1.01, 1.12)		1.05 (0.99, 1.11)
	0	1.00		1.00
	1-8	0.86 (0.55, 1.36)		0.84 (0.52, 1.34)
	≥9	2.95 (1.34, 6.59)		2.39 (1.01, 5.67)

Adjusted for age, race, SES, physical activity, alcohol consumption, pack-year of smoking, LUTS medications

^**

Cutoff values from Joseph et al, AJE 2003, 157(10):906-14

^†

OR for AUA-SI categories 2-7 and ≥8 combined