NIDDK Central Repository - Are racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of nocturia due to socioeconomic status? Results of the BACH survey.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.juro.2008.11.103

PubMed ID

19233415

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2009

Affiliation

New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.

Authors

Hall SA, Kupelian V, Link CL, McKinlay JB

Studies

BACH

Citation

Kupelian V, Link CL, Hall SA, McKinlay JB. Are racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of nocturia due to socioeconomic status? Results of the BACH survey. J Urol 2009 Apr;181(4):1756-63. Epub 2009 Feb 23.

Abstract

Racial/ethnic disparities in nocturia prevalence have been reported previously. We estimated nocturia prevalence rates by race/ethnicity and determined the contribution of socioeconomic status to potential differences by race/ethnicity.