National community prevalence of XXXX in the United States stratified by sex and age.

@entity1 @entity2182
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of and bother associated with @entity2182 ( @entity2182 ) in adults aged >= 40 years in the United States, using current International Continence Society definitions. METHODS: Internet-based panel members were selected randomly to participate in EpiLUTS, a cross-sectional, population-representative survey. @entity1 used Likert scales to rate how often they experienced individual lower urinary tract symptoms during the previous 4 weeks and how much bother they experienced. Based on responses to questions regarding urgency and urgency urinary incontinence, @entity2182 symptoms were categorized as occurring at least "sometimes" or at least "often." Symptom bother was categorized as at least "somewhat" or at least "quite a bit." RESULTS: The response rate was 59.6%, with a final sample of 9416 @entity1 and 10,584 @entity1 . Prevalence of @entity2182 symptoms at least "sometimes" was 27.2% and 43.1% for @entity1 and @entity1 , respectively; prevalence of @entity2182 at least "often" was 15.8% and 32.6%, respectively. Among @entity1 with @entity2182 symptoms at least "sometimes," 60.0% were bothered at least "somewhat" and 27.8% were bothered at least "quite a bit." Among @entity1 , bother rates were 67.6% and 38.9%, respectively. Among respondents with @entity2182 at least "often," 67.8% and 38.2% of @entity1 and 73.0% and 47.1% of @entity1 reported being bothered at least "somewhat" and at least "quite a bit," respectively. We estimate that 29.8 million adults aged >= 40 years in the United States have bothersome @entity2182 symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Bothersome @entity2182 symptoms are highly prevalent among @entity1 and @entity1 aged >= 40 years in the United States.
