title: The Epidemiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Associated with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Prevalence and Incident Rates.
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.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, 2 Whalley Ave, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; New England Research Institutes Inc., 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA. Electronic address: Katie.Brigham@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kathryn Brigham
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Egan
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Aging; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Incidence; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prevalence; Prostate disease; Urology