Race and Socioeconomic Status are Independently Associated With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2091-2096

  Fowke, Jay H ^a   Murff, Harvey J ^a   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,b   Lund, Lars ^c   Blot, William J ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

African Americans; continental population groups; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249109332     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.059     Document Type: Article

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