Vascular Aging and Bladder Health: Associations Between Peripheral Arterial Disease and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Mid-Life Women from CARDIA-PLUS

Objectives: To describe associations between peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and bladder health (BH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among a subset of women in the Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Methods: Women from CARDIA at Birmingham, AL and Minneapolis, MN were eligible if they completed a questionnaire about bladder symptoms in 2022-23, an ancillary study post-year 35 called CARDIA-PLUS, including the global BH scale (possible range, 0-100) and the LURN-SI 10 (0-38) and the AUASI (0-35). A subset (n=216) completed an in-person examination, includ

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