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BACKGROUND:Prevalence of and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) according to male sexual orientation have been scantly analysed. We aimed to assess the prevalence and severity of LUTS in a cohort of Caucasian-European men who have sex with men seeking medical help for uroandrologic reasons other than LUTS.METHODS:Data from 949 consecutive individuals in an outpatient setting were analysed. Severity of LUTS was measured with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). Men with storage symptoms scored 1-3 and ≥4 (of 15), and voiding symptoms scored 1-4 and ≥5 (of 20) were considered as having mild and moderate-to-severe symptoms, respectively. For individual symptoms, patients with scores ≥1 were deemed symptomatic (according to Apostolidis et al. 15). Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models tested the association between LUTS and sexual orientation.RESULTS:Complete data were available for 213 (22.4%) men who have sex with men (MSM) and 736 (77.6%) heterosexuals (mean age (s.d.): 41.0 (12.2) vs 39.9 (12.1) years). Compared with heterosexuals, MSM reported higher rates of total IPSS scores suggestive of moderate (21.6% vs 20%) and severe LUTS (3.8% vs 2.4%) (P=0.004). Similarly, MSM showed higher rates of mild (48.8% vs 45.2%) and moderate-to-severe (39.4% vs 30.4%) storage symptoms (all P
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 376-381 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 1 2015 |
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Lower urinary tract symptoms among Caucasian-European men who have sex with men : Findings from a real-life survey. / Boeri, L.; Capogrosso, P.; Ventimiglia, E.; Serino, A.; La Croce, G.; Russo, A.; Castagna, G.; Scano, R.; Briganti, A.; Damiano, R.; Montorsi, F.; Salonia, A.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Lower urinary tract symptoms among Caucasian-European men who have sex with men
T2 - Findings from a real-life survey
AU - Boeri, L.
AU - Capogrosso, P.
AU - Ventimiglia, E.
AU - Serino, A.
AU - La Croce, G.
AU - Russo, A.
AU - Castagna, G.
AU - Scano, R.
AU - Briganti, A.
AU - Damiano, R.
AU - Montorsi, F.
AU - Salonia, A.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - BACKGROUND:Prevalence of and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) according to male sexual orientation have been scantly analysed. We aimed to assess the prevalence and severity of LUTS in a cohort of Caucasian-European men who have sex with men seeking medical help for uroandrologic reasons other than LUTS.METHODS:Data from 949 consecutive individuals in an outpatient setting were analysed. Severity of LUTS was measured with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). Men with storage symptoms scored 1-3 and ≥4 (of 15), and voiding symptoms scored 1-4 and ≥5 (of 20) were considered as having mild and moderate-to-severe symptoms, respectively. For individual symptoms, patients with scores ≥1 were deemed symptomatic (according to Apostolidis et al. 15). Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models tested the association between LUTS and sexual orientation.RESULTS:Complete data were available for 213 (22.4%) men who have sex with men (MSM) and 736 (77.6%) heterosexuals (mean age (s.d.): 41.0 (12.2) vs 39.9 (12.1) years). Compared with heterosexuals, MSM reported higher rates of total IPSS scores suggestive of moderate (21.6% vs 20%) and severe LUTS (3.8% vs 2.4%) (P=0.004). Similarly, MSM showed higher rates of mild (48.8% vs 45.2%) and moderate-to-severe (39.4% vs 30.4%) storage symptoms (all P
AB - BACKGROUND:Prevalence of and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) according to male sexual orientation have been scantly analysed. We aimed to assess the prevalence and severity of LUTS in a cohort of Caucasian-European men who have sex with men seeking medical help for uroandrologic reasons other than LUTS.METHODS:Data from 949 consecutive individuals in an outpatient setting were analysed. Severity of LUTS was measured with the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). Men with storage symptoms scored 1-3 and ≥4 (of 15), and voiding symptoms scored 1-4 and ≥5 (of 20) were considered as having mild and moderate-to-severe symptoms, respectively. For individual symptoms, patients with scores ≥1 were deemed symptomatic (according to Apostolidis et al. 15). Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models tested the association between LUTS and sexual orientation.RESULTS:Complete data were available for 213 (22.4%) men who have sex with men (MSM) and 736 (77.6%) heterosexuals (mean age (s.d.): 41.0 (12.2) vs 39.9 (12.1) years). Compared with heterosexuals, MSM reported higher rates of total IPSS scores suggestive of moderate (21.6% vs 20%) and severe LUTS (3.8% vs 2.4%) (P=0.004). Similarly, MSM showed higher rates of mild (48.8% vs 45.2%) and moderate-to-severe (39.4% vs 30.4%) storage symptoms (all P
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U2 - 10.1038/pcan.2015.41
DO - 10.1038/pcan.2015.41
M3 - Article
C2 - 26415556
AN - SCOPUS:84947046612
VL - 18
SP - 376
EP - 381
JO - Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
JF - Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
SN - 1365-7852
IS - 4
ER -