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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2019 Oct 9;202(5):880–889. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000257

Table 1:

PICOS Criteria for Studies Included in Systematic Review

Population of Interest Inclusions: Adult men and women with lower urinary tract symptoms. Exclusions: Studies in animals, children, adults with neurologic diagnoses, genitourinary malignancy, post-surgical LUTS, chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), or interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS)
Intervention of Interest Diagnostic biomarkers that differentiate specific urinary symptoms (i.e. overactive bladder, nocturia, stress urinary incontinence, or voiding symptoms)
Comparison Any comparison group including control group, historical control, and pre-post designs with subject as own control
Outcomes Inclusions: Blood, urine, tissue, or salivary biochemical markers associated with specific urinary symptoms. Exclusions: studies where biochemical markers are studied in context with “all LUTS” without differentiation of specific symptoms
Study Design Cross-sectional, observational, and randomized trial designs