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  • Inventi:hun/29249/19
    The Relationship Between Prevalence and Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS), and Body Mass Index and Mid-Abdominal Circumference in Men in a Resource-Poor Community in Southeast Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Survey
    Research 2019 : July - September
    Ikenna I Nnabugwu, Fredrick O Ugwumba, Emeka I Udeh, Solomon K Anyimba, Louis T Okolie

    Background: There is paucity of information on the community-based prevalence and severity of lower urinary\ntract symptoms (LUTS) in men who are 40 years and older in the southeast region of Nigeria. This study seeks to\ndetermine the community-based prevalence of LUTS and the relationship between LUTS, and body mass index\n(BMI) and mid-abdominal circumference (MAC) in men.\nMethods: An interviewer-administered, questionnaire-based survey. Three of nine settlement clusters were\nrandomly selected while systematic random sampling of 1 in 3 eligible subjects was used to select participants.\nAnalysis was done using SPSS® version 20.\nResults: One thousand three hundred and nineteen duly completed questionnaires were analyzed. The respondents are\nwithin ages 40-92 years with mean age���.

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    Attribution/ CC Compliant Citation: Nnabugwu, Ikenna I., et\nal. \"The relationship between prevalence and severity of\nlower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and body mass index\nand mid-abdominal circumference in men in a resource-poor\ncommunity in Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey.\"\nBMC urology 19.1 (2019): 15.\nhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-019-0444-x\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\n\nSome formatting elements, header, footer, logos, dates and\npagination were modified while adapting this article.
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