Table 3.
Association of the metabolic syndrome with individual urologic symptoms comprising the AUA symptom score. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Bold indicates statistical singificance.
| Age-adjusted OR (95%CI) |
Multivariate* adjusted OR (95%CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incomplete Emptying** | None/Mild | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Severe | 1.26 (0.37, 1.91) | 0.94 (0.66, 1.33) | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mild | 1.51 (0.98, 2.33) | 1.49† (0.94, 2.37) |
1.69 (1.11, 2.58) |
1.58† (1.03, 2.44) |
|
| |
Severe |
1.43 (0.41, 4.97) |
1.18 (0.38, 3.70) |
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| Intermittency** | None/Mild | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Severe | 1.63 (0.83, 3.20) | 1.47 (0.73, 2.97) | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mild | 1.60 (0.98, 2.60) |
1.64† (1.10. 2.45) |
1.55 (0.95, 2.52) |
1.57† (1.06, 2.30) |
|
| |
Severe |
1.79 (0.92, 3.49) |
1.62 (0.82, 3.21) |
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| Weak Stream** | None/Mild | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Severe | 0.80 (0.45, 1.41) | 0.74 (0.40, 1.38) | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mild | 1.19 (0.82, 1.71) | 1.07† (076, 1.50) |
1.15 (0.77, 0.77) | 1.03† (0.70, 1.51) |
|
| |
Severe |
0.82 (0.46,1.47) |
0.76 (0.40, 1.44) |
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| Straining** | None/Mild | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Severe | 1.82 (0.45, 7.82) | 1.58 (0.33, 7.51) | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mild | 1.30 (0.77, 2.17) | 1.42† (0.81, 2.48) |
1.20 (0.69, 2.07) | 1.29† (0.72, 2.31) |
|
| |
Severe |
1.88 (0.44, 3.10) |
1.60 (0.34, 7.76) |
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| Frequency** | None/Mild | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Severe | 0.76 (0.48, 1.21) | 0.76 (0.44, 1.17) | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mild | 0.93 (0.64, 1.34) | 0.86† (0.61, 1.20) |
0.91 (0.60, 1.38) | 0.82† (0.56, 1.20) |
|
| |
Severe |
0.74 (0.45, 1.20) |
0.69 (0.40, 1.17) |
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| Urgency** | None/Mild | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Severe | 1.92 (1.14, 2.34) | 1.63 (0.93, 2.85) | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mild | 1.28 (0.76, 2.16) | 1.45† (0.95, 2.21) |
1.24 (0.71, 2.16) | 1.35† (0.86, 2.13) |
|
| |
Severe |
2.04 (1.20, 3.47) |
1.72 (0.97, 2.03) |
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| Nocturia*** | 0-1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥2 | 1.63 (1.13,2.34) | 1.39 (0.96, 1.99) | |||
| 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 1 | 1.70 (1.14, 2.53) | 1.88† (1.37, 2.58) | 1.62 (1.07, 2.44) | 1.69† (1.21, 2.36) | |
| ≥2 | 2.19 (1.52, 3.14) | 1.82 (1.26, 2.64) | |||
*
Adjusted for age, race, SES, physical activity, alcohol consumption, pack-year of smoking, LUTS medications
**
Symptoms categorized as: None (I do not have the symptom) Mild (rarely/a few times) Severe (fairly often/usually/almost always)
***
Number of times have to go to the bathroom at night after falling asleep
†
OR for categories mild and severe combined