Table 1.
Age-Adjusted Baseline* Characteristics of Men by Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Severity (LUTS) or Surgery for BPH†, Health Professionals Follow-up Study
| AUA Symptom Index Score | |||||
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| No to Low LUTS 0 – 7 N = 20,177 |
Low- Moderate LUTS 8 – 14 N = 4,244 |
High- Moderate LUTS 15 – 19 N = 913 |
Severe LUTS 20 – 35 N = 478 |
Surgery for BPH N = 1,070 |
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| Age (years) | |||||
| mean | 56.1 | 60.3 | 62.1 | 62.0 | 65.8 |
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| Race (n,%) | |||||
| Southern European | 4,675 (22.9%) | 1,027 (25.1%) | 246 (27.4%) | 148 (33.1%) | 257 (29.1%) |
| Scandinavian | 2,202 (10.8 %) | 405 (9.7%) | 90 (9.9%) | 34 (7.2%) | 103 (10.1%) |
| Other Caucasian | 11,573 (57.7%) | 2,461 (57.2%) | 506 (54.3%) | 258 (52.8%) | 626 (53.5%) |
| African-American | 131 (0.7%) | 30 (0.6%) | 5 (0.6%) | 2 (0.2%) | 2 (0.2%) |
| Asian | 327 (1.6%) | 74 (1.8%) | 11 (1.5%) | 4 (0.8%) | 4 (0.4%) |
| Other/Missing | 1,269 (6.3%) | 247 (5.6%) | 55 (6.3%) | 32 (5.9%) | 78 (6.9%) |
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| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
| mean | 25.5 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 25.5 |
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| Smoking (n,%) | |||||
| Never | 9,805 (47.8%) | 1,858 (45.5%) | 399 (45.3%) | 179 (41.1%) | 475 (48.8%) |
| Current | 1,379 (6.7%) | 236 (5.7%) | 38 (5.3%) | 23 (4.8%) | 47 (5.8%) |
| Former | 8.226 (41.7%) | 2,003 (45.4%) | 438 (45.2%) | 258 (50.4%) | 500 (41.1%) |
| Missing | 767 (3.8%) | 147 (3.4%) | 38 (4.2%) | 18 (3.6%) | 48 (4.3%) |
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| Physical Activity (MET-hrs/wk) | |||||
| Mean | 37.6 | 36.3 | 33.5 | 33.3 | 38.7 |
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| Fruits and Vegetables (servings/day) | |||||
| mean | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
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| Alcohol Intake (g/day) (n,%) | |||||
| 0 | 4,667 (23.2%) | 1,033 (24.7%) | 214 (23.2%) | 119 (26.8%) | 310 (30.3%) |
| <5 | 5,282 (26.0%) | 1,167 (28.1%) | 264 (29.3%) | 136 (28.3%) | 285 (28.5%) |
| 5 – <15 | 5,476 (27.1%) | 1,070 (25.1%) | 224 (24.4%) | 116 (24.3%) | 291 (24.7%) |
| 15 – <30 | 2,565 (12.8%) | 534 (12.5%) | 106 (12.1%) | 61 (11.2%) | 92 (7.4%) |
| 30 – <50 | 1,587 (8.0%) | 318 (6.9%) | 68 (6.6%) | 26 (5.0%) | 70 (4.7%) |
| ≥ 50 | 445 (2.3%) | 92 (2.0%) | 29 (3.2%) | 16 (3.5%) | 7 (1.9%) |
| Missing | 155 (0.8%) | 30 (0.7%) | 8 (1.1%) | 4 (1.0%) | 15 (2.6%) |
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| Diabetes (n,%) | |||||
| Ever | 576 (3.1%) | 204 (4.2%) | 42 (4.1%) | 26 (4.7%) | 59 (3.3%) |
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| Hypertension (n,%) | |||||
| Ever | 4,871 (25.2%) | 1,303 (28.4%) | 310 (30.4%) | 157 (31.4%) | 399 (32.1%) |
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| Cardiovascular Disease (n,%) | |||||
| Ever | 1,608 (8.8%) | 536 (10.4%) | 145 (12.4%) | 81 (12.9%) | 197 (13.8%) |
*
LUTS were first assessed on the 1992 questionnaire. All characteristics are from the 1992 questionnaire, except: fruits and vegetables and alcohol are from the 1990 questionnaire; and diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease are cumulative and are derived from all questionnaires from 1992 to 2000.
†
LUTS and surgery for BPH reported in 1994 or earlier