Table 4.
Frequencies of lower urinary tract symptom type with and without bother by age.
| Age Group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTS Type | Overall | 18–25 years old | 26–44 years old | 45–54 years old | 55–64 years old | 65–74 years old | 75+ years old | P-Value |
| N | 316 | 51 | 72 | 43 | 61 | 57 | 32 | |
| Any Storage LUTS | 230 (72.8) | 26 (51.0) | 49 (68.1) | 28 (65.1) | 51 (83.6) | 50 (87.7) | 26 (81.2) | <0.001 |
| Any Storage LUTS w/bother | 152 (48.1) | 12 (23.5) | 30 (41.7) | 24 (55.8) | 35 (57.4) | 35 (61.4) | 16 (50.0) | 0.001 |
| Any Emptying LUTS | 197 (62.3) | 34 (66.7) | 43 (59.7) | 23 (53.5) | 43 (70.5) | 35 (61.4) | 19 (59.4) | 0.561 |
| Any Emptying LUTS w/bother | 95 (30.1) | 7 (13.7) | 21 (29.2) | 20 (46.5) | 24 (39.3) | 15 (26.3) | 8 (25.0) | 0.009 |
| Pain/discomfort in bladder area | 65 (20.6) | 10 (19.6) | 16 (22.2) | 11 (25.6) | 16 (26.2) | 9 (15.8) | 3 (9.4) | 0.385 |
| Pain/discomfort in bladder area w/Bother | 42 (13.3) | 5 (9.8) | 9 (12.5) | 8 (18.6) | 12 (19.7) | 7 (12.3) | 1 (3.1) | 0.243 |
| Any LUTS | 256 (81.0) | 38 (74.5) | 56 (77.8) | 30 (69.8) | 56 (91.8) | 50 (87.7) | 26 (81.2) | 0.039 |
| Any LUTS w/bother | 166 (52.5) | 18 (35.3) | 33 (45.8) | 26 (60.5) | 38 (62.3) | 35 (61.4) | 16 (50.0) | 0.027 |
Note: Numbers reported as frequency (percentage). P-values are observed from a Chi-square test. LUTS= lower urinary tract symptoms.