Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and Incident Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Assessment Timeline, Health Professionals Follow-up Study
..........Incident ED was assessed for this time interval.
__________Time after LUTS was assessed, but before incident ED was assessed.
Cohort 1: Analysis of incident ED in 1995 or later. Men reported on LUTS in 1992 and 1994 and TURP in 1994 or earlier. In 2000, men reported on ED for the time intervals “1995 or later” or “in the past 3 months”.
Cohort 2: Analysis of incident ED in 2000. Men who reported on LUTS in 1992, 1994, and 1998, TURP in 1998 and earlier, and use of medications to treat BPH in 1998. In 2000, men reported on ED for the time interval “in the past 3 months”.