title: Prevalence of overactive bladder, its under-diagnosis, and risk factors in a male urologic veterans population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We assess the prevalence of overactive bladder (OAB) and its risk factors in a male urologic veterans population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Validated self-administered questionnaire was prospectively given.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 1086 patients, OAB was present in 75%, of which 48% had not been diagnosed/treated. The risk of OAB increased with age. OAB was not associated with BMI, smoking, race, diabetes, CHF, and COPD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of OAB in this population is under-diagnosed and under-treated.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Downstate Medical School, Department of Urology, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA. wellman.cheung@downstate.edu
authors.forename: Wellman W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Borawski
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bluth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data