Table 1.
Age-standardized characteristics of the study population who were free of cancer in 1996 according to total LUTS score categories.1
| LUTS status2 | ||||
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| AUA-7≤1 | 1<AUA-7≤7 | 7<AUA-7≤19 | 19<AUA-7≤35 | |
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| n | 7,597 | 17,075 | 5,161 | 350 |
| Age, years | 58.8 ± 8.13 | 61.7 ± 8.9 | 65.5 ± 8.6 | 66.3 ± 8.5 |
| Caucasian race, percentage | 92% | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Current smoker, percentage | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Weight (kg) | 82.9 ± 12.2 | 83.2 ± 12.8 | 83.2 ± 13.3 | 84.4 ± 13.9 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.9 ± 3.3 | 26.0 ± 3.5 | 26.2 ± 3.8 | 26.5 ± 3.8 |
| Pack-years of smoking | 10.6 ± 16.9 | 11.6 ± 17.3 | 12.7 ± 18.1 | 15.5 ± 21.2 |
| Intake of4 | ||||
| Total fluid (ml/d) | 1,871 ± 772 | 1,987 ± 794 | 2,007 ± 817 | 2,102 ± 877 |
| Bacon (servings/week) | 0.5 ± 1.1 | 0.5 ± 1.2 | 0.5 ± 1.2 | 0.7 ± 1.7 |
| Diabetes, percentage | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Hypertension, percentage | 19% | 24% | 27% | 31% |
1
All variables, except for age, were standardized according to the age distribution of the entire cohort.
2
LUTS status was determined by the average of 1992 and 1994 total AUA-7 scores.
3
Mean ± SD (all such values).
4
Dietary information from the 1994 questionnaire.