Table 3.
Variables associated with the severity of LUTS.
| Moderate to severe LUTS | Severe LUTS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | Multivariable | Univariate | Multivariable | |||||
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Age (continuous) | 1.054 (1.047–1.061) | < 0.001 | 1.044 (1.036–1.052) | < 0.001 | 1.062 (1.04–1.076) | < 0.001 | 1.050 (1.034–1.066) | < 0.001 |
| Current smoker | 0.943 (0.828–1.074) | 0.377 | 1.104 (0.822–1.482) | 0.512 | ||||
| Amount of smoking | 1.017 (1.013–1.021) | < 0.001 | 1.011 (1.007–1.015) | < 0.001 | 1.023 (1.016–1.030) | < 0.001 | 1.017 (1.009–1.024) | < 0.001 |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||||||
| Yes | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Others | 1.353 (1.120–1.635) | 0.002 | 1.248 (1.015–1.535) | 0.036 | 2.504 (1.772–3.537) | < 0.001 | 2.062 (1.417–3.000) | < 0.001 |
| Unknown | 2.061 (1.125–3.774) | 0.019 | 1.391 (0.709–2.726) | 0.337 | 2.108 (0.646–6.885) | 0.217 | 1.287 (0.362–4.570) | 0.696 |
| Income | ||||||||
| ≥ $2684 | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||
| < $2684 | 2.018 (1.722–2.365) | < 0.001 | 1.224 (1.013–1.479) | 0.036 | 3.147 (2.317–4.276) | < 0.001 | 1.753 (1.243–2.474) | 0.001 |
| Unknown | 1.899 (1.461–2.649) | < 0.001 | 1.241 (0.911–1.690) | 0.171 | 2.416 (1.432–4.077) | 0.001 | 1.445 (0.812–2.571) | 0.211 |
| Job, n (%) | ||||||||
| Office-worker | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||||
| Others | 1.878 (1.654–2.132) | < 0.001 | 1.203 (1.034–1.400) | 0.017 | 2.562 (1.919–3.421) | < 0.001 | ||
| Unknown | 2.077 (1.548–2.786) | < 0.001 | 1.241 (0.911–1.690) | 0.171 | 3.769 (2.224–6.388) | < 0.001 | ||
| Alcohol consumption, n (%) | ||||||||
| 0 g/week | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| > 0 and < 100 g/week | 0.919 (0.775–1.090) | 0.333 | 0.830 (0.557–1.238) | 0.362 | ||||
| ≥ 100 g/week | 0.960 (0.833–1.107) | 0.577 | 0.883 (0.636–1.225) | 0.456 | ||||
| Unknown | 0.975 (0.637–1.494) | 0.909 | 1.987 (.0958–4.118) | 0.065 | ||||
| MET, ln (continuous) | 0.992 (.973–1.012) | 0.425 | 0.940 (0.901–0.981) | 0.004 | ||||
| Central obesity | 0.949 (0.839–1.074) | 0.405 | 1.054 (0.794–1.400) | 0.716 | ||||
| Hypertension | 0.977 (0.865–1.104) | 0.713 | 1.053 (0.793–1.400) | 0.720 | ||||
| Diabetes | 1.134 (1.004–1.282) | 0.043 | 1.300 (0.984–1.718) | 0.065 | ||||
| Triglyceridemia | 1.131 (1.003–1.276) | 0.044 | 1.007 (0.761–1.333) | 0.961 | ||||
| Decreased HDL | 1.330 (1.173–1.508) | < 0.001 | 1.183 (1.038–1.348) | 0.012 | 1.074 (0.801–1.441) | 0.632 | ||