A prospective study on the association between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and erectile dysfunction: Results from a large study in elderly chinese in Southern China

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2024-2031

  Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Leung, Jason C ^b   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Erectile Dysfunction; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Urinary Bladder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LIFESTYLE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HONG KONG; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UROLOGIC DISEASES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 67649887206     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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