Antoine, et al performed a retrospective, multivariate analysis of factors affecting
odds of undergoing surgery. Predictive variable was hypothesized to be race/ethnicity
with covariates study from a hospital network database between 2011 and 2018: age,
insurance state, comorbid conditions and type of medical therapy. The outcome of interest
was likelihood of undergoing surgical treatment for LUTS/BPH. The authors reviewed
the records of over 30,000 patients with a racial breakdown percentage of 80, 9, 4,
and 7 respectively (e.g., White, LatinX, Black and other race/ethnicity). They found
that Black patients were less likely to undergo surgery than White patients with statistically
significant OR 0.61 as were patients of "other race/ethnicity" (OR 0.72). The authors
concede that their study does not elucidate the underlying causes for the observed
inequity and that their database lacked information of severity of LUTS, was limited
in geography, and did not have complete comorbidity information.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 12,
2021
Received:
December 27,
2020
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