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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2013 Apr 3;64(4):672–679. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.03.041

Table 4.

Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals of urinary symptom severity and measures of urinary incontinence among 5990 men with or without prostate cancer*

PCa treatment, n = 706
No PCa, n
= 5284
Observation,
n = 42
Surgery, n =
362
Radiation
therapy, n =
204
ADT, n = 68 Other, n =
30
AUA-SI ≥8
 PR Ref 1.07 0.76 1.06 1.23 0.58
 95% CI 0.84–1.37 0.66–0.87 0.92–1.22 1.05–1.45 0.34–0.98
p value 0.59 0.001 0.41 0.001 0.04
AUA-SI ≥20
 PR Ref 1.66 0.58 1.23 1.72 0.39
 95% CI 0.79–3.51 0.34–0.98 0.79–1.92 1.01–2.91 0.06–2.42
p value 0.18 0.04 0.36 0.04 0.31
AUA-SI urinary
bother score ≥3
 PR Ref 1.33 1.25 1.12 1.50 0.78
 95% CI 1.00–1.78 1.10–1.42 0.94–1.33 1.26–1.79 0.48–1.25
p value 0.05 0.0008 0.19 <0.0001 0.30
Urinary control:
any leaking/lack of control
 PR Ref 1.37 2.10 1.20 1.26 0.42
 95% CI 1.04–1.79 1.95–2.26 1.03–1.40 1.01–1.57 0.19–0.93
p value 0.02 <0.0001 0.02 0.04 0.03
Leaking frequency at least
once per day vs less than
once per day
 PR Ref 2.11 4.41 1.49 2.02 0.61
 95% CI 1.22–3.65 3.79–5.13 1.06–2.08 1.31–3.13 0.16–2.30
p value 0.007 <0.0001 0.02 0.002 0.50
Extent of problem with
leaking: any size problem vs
no problem
 PR Ref 1.57 2.11 1.19 1.30 0.58
 95% CI 1.20–2.06 1.93–2.31 0.99–1.42 1.02–1.66 0.29–1.20
p value 0.001 < 0.0001 0.06 0.04 0.14

PCa = prostate cancer; ADT = androgen-deprivation therapy; AUA-SI = American Urological Association Symptom Index; PR = prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval; Ref = reference.

*

Model adjusted for age, previous benign prostatic hyperplasia diagnosis, self-reported health, and smoking status.