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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Ethnicity Are Independent Factors Associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Lim J 1 , Bhoo-Pathy N 2 , Sothilingam S 1 , Malek R 3 , Sundram M 4 , Tan GH 5 Show all authors , Bahadzor B 5 , Ong TA 1 , Ng KL 6 , Abdul Razack AH 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Julius Center University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508GA, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • 3 Department of Urology, Selayang Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Urology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Surgery, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Centre for Kidney Disease Research, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
PLoS One, 2015;10(6):e0130820.
PMID: 26098884 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130820

Abstract

To determine the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) profile and factors affecting its degree of severity including cardiovascular risk profile, age, ethnicity, education level and prostate volume in a multiethnic Asian setting.

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