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Review
. 2016 Aug;43(3):289-97.
doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2016.04.001.

The Epidemiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Prevalence and Incident Rates

Kathryn Brigham Egan  1
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The Epidemiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Prevalence and Incident Rates

Kathryn Brigham Egan. Urol Clin North Am. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

This article assesses the reported prevalence and incidence rates for benign prostatic hyperplasia and lower urinary tract symptoms (BPH/LUTS) by age, symptom severity, and race/ethnicity. BPH/LUTS prevalence and incidence rates increase with increasing age and vary by symptom severity. The BPH/LUTS relationship is complex due to several factors. This contributes to the range of reported estimates and difficulties in drawing epidemiologic comparisons. Cultural, psychosocial, economic, and/or disease awareness and diagnosis factors may influence medical care access, symptom reporting and help-seeking behaviors among men with BPH/LUTS. However, these factors and their epidemiologic association with BPH/LUTS have not been thoroughly investigated.

Keywords: Aging; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Incidence; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prevalence; Prostate disease; Urology.

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