Table 2.
Aggregate lower urinary tract symptoms outcomes among 519,189 Iraq and Afghanistan male and female veterans in veterans affairs health care from 2001 to 2010, stratified by age and gender
| Total (n = 519,189) |
Any LUTS Outcome (n = 11,237) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | No. | No. (%) | RR (95% CI) |
| Female | |||
| 18–24 | 18,732 | 400 (2.1) | |
| 25–34 | 27,040 | 675 (2.5) | 1.17 (1.03–1.32)* |
| 35–44 | 11,430 | 554 (4.8) | 2.27 (2.00–2.58)*** |
| 45–54 | 4997 | 327 (6.5) | 3.06 (2.66–3.53)*** |
| 55–64 | 650 | 49 (7.5) | 3.53 (2.65–4.70)*** |
| Male | |||
| 18–24 | 124,167 | 1363 (1.1) | |
| 25–34 | 173,357 | 2583 (1.5) | 1.36 (1.27–1.45)*** |
| 35–44 | 103,535 | 2399 (2.3) | 2.11 (1.98–2.25)*** |
| 45–54 | 46,229 | 2049 (4.4) | 4.04 (3.77–4.32)*** |
| 55–64 | 9052 | 838 (9.3) | 8.43 (7.76–9.17)*** |