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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2015 Sep 12;86(6):1115–1122. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.07.019

Table 2.

Adjusted Analysis of Time to Intervention after TURP and Laser procedures*

95% Confidence
Intervals
Effects HR Lower Upper P-
values
Medications Used before Procedure
None ref
5-ARI 0.98 0.73 1.32 0.887
Alpha Blocker 1.04 0.90 1.21 0.581
Anti-Spasmodic 2.49 1.41 4.43 0.002
Multiple Medications 1.37 1.07 1.75 0.014
Age (years) 1.08 1.06 1.10 <0.001
Comorbidity
0 ref
1 1.10 0.91 1.32 0.331
>=2 1.39 1.08 1.78 0.011
Surgery Year
2009 ref
2007 1.02 0.86 1.21 0.838
2008 0.96 0.81 1.14 0.619
Laser vs. TURP 1.22 1.06 1.40 0.004
*

A Cox proportional hazards model was fit with the outcome being use of medical or surgical therapy after initial successful surgical therapy with either laser or TURP. Medication used reflect the pre-operative medications used by patients.