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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2011 Oct 2;79(1):188–193. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.07.1412

Table 2.

Total IPSS stratified by age, distribution of categorized IPSS and percent of men who sought medical attention for LUTS by age

Total IPSS (mean+/−SD)
Overall 6.6+/−6
18–29 4.6+/−4.4
30–39 5.9+/−5.2
40–49 7.2+/−6.3
50–59 8.3+/−6.8
60–81 10.4+/−7.7
Categorized IPSS n %
None-mild 1570 67
Moderate 665 28
Severe 113 5
Percent who sought medical attention for LUTS by age
Overall 422 18
18–29 23 5
30–39 93 12
40–49 130 18
50–59 103 32
60–81 73 53