Table 3.
Association between diabetes medication use and individual symptoms in community-dwelling white and black men at baseline
| Characteristic | No Diabetes (N=2,040) N (%)* |
Diabetes (no meds) (N=43) N (%)* |
Diabetes (meds) (N=143) N (%)* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,337 (66.19) | 20 (46.51) | 88 (61.97) | |
| >1 | 683 (33.81) | 23 (53.49) | 54 (38.03) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 2.25 (1.23, 4.13) | 1.20 (0.85, 1.71) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.90 (1.03, 3.51) | 1.02 (0.72, 1.47) | |
| Urgency symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,369 (67.67) | 23 (54.76) | 90 (63.83) | |
| >1 | 654 (32.33) | 19 (45.24) | 51 (36.17) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.73 (0.94, 3.20) | 1.19 (0.83, 1.69) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.82 (0.97, 3.42) | 1.08 (0.75, 1.57) | |
| Nocturia symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,532 (76.03) | 20 (46.51) | 67 (48.20) | |
| >1 | 483 (23.97) | 23 (53.49) | 72 (51.80) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 3.65 (1.99, 6.70) | 3.41 (2.41, 4.83) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 2.40 (1.26, 4.60) | 2.22 (1.52, 3.23) | |
| Incomplete emptying symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,604 (79.25) | 26 (61.90) | 106 (75.18) | |
| >1 | 420 (20.75) | 16 (38.10) | 35 (24.82) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 2.35 (1.25, 4.42) | 1.26 (0.85, 1.88) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95%CI) | reference | 2.01 (1.06, 3.81) | 1.05 (0.70, 1.58) | |
| Intermittency symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,515 (74.74) | 23 (54.76) | 110 (78.01) | |
| >1 | 512 (25.26) | 19 (45.24) | 31 (21.99) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 2.45 (1.32, 4.53) | 0.83 (0.55, 1.26) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 2.33 (1.25, 4.37) | 0.73 (0.48, 1.11) | |
| Straining symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,768 (87.61) | 35 (85.37) | 121 (86.43) | |
| >1 | 250 (12.39) | 6 (14.63) | 19 (13.57) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.21 (0.51, 2.91) | 1.11 (0.67, 1.83) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.23 (0.51, 2.97) | 1.06 (0.63, 1.76) | |
| Weak urinary stream symptom score | ||||
| ≤1 | 1,265 (62.65) | 24 (55.81) | 93 (65.96) | |
| >1 | 754 (37.35) | 19 (44.19) | 48 (34.04) | |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.33 (0.72, 2.44) | 0.87 (0.60, 1.24) | |
| Age- and race-adjusted OR (95% CI) | reference | 1.43 (0.76, 2.69) | 0.79 (0.54, 1.15) | |
*
Percents based on non-missing values