• Inge I Bouwman, Boudewijn J Kollen, Klaas van der Meer, Rien J M Nijman, and Wouter K van der Heide.
• Department of general practice, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Groningen, AV 9713, Netherlands. iibouwman@hotmail.com.
• Bmc Fam Pract. 2014 Jan 14; 15: 99.

BackgroundAlthough lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) seem to be related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in men, it is unclear whether this relationship is unbiased. In order to investigate this relationship, we used longitudinal data for establishing the possible predictive value of LUTS for the development of CVD in a primary care population.MethodsWe performed a registry study using data from the Registration Network Groningen (RNG). All data from men aged 50 years and older during the study period from 1 January 1998 up to 31 December 2008 were collected. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to determine the association between the proportions of CVD (outcome) and LUTS in our population.ResultsData from 6614 men were analysed. The prevalence of LUTS increased from 92/1000 personyears (py) in 1998 up to 183/1000 py in 2008. For cardiovascular diseases the prevalence increased from 176/1000 py in 1998 up to 340/1000 py in 2008. The incidence numbers were resp. 10.2/1000 py (1998) and 5.1/1000 py (2008) for LUTS, and 12.9/1000 py (1998) and 10.4/1000 py (2008) for CVD. Of all men, 23.2% reported CVD (41.1% in men with LUTS vs 19.5% in men without LUTS, p < 0.01). The hazard ratio of LUTS for cardiovascular events, compared to no LUTS, in the adjusted multivariate model, was 0.921(95% CI: 0.824 - 1.030; p = 0.150).ConclusionBased on the results, LUTS is not a factor that must be taken into account for the early detection of CVD in primary care.

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