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SUBMITTER: Kawahara T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kawahara Takashi T Ito Hiroki H Uemura Hiroji H
Scientific reports 20201119 1
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are substantially prevalent and increase with age. Research on smoking as a risk factor for LUTS has been inconclusive. The present study examined the association between smoking habits and male LUTS in a population-based study using a web-based questionnaire. We firstly screened a total of 10,000 male participants who were selected according to the age distribution in the Japanese population in government data, in order to check smoking habits. We then perfor ...[more]