(313) Ethnic and Racial Distribution of Peyronie’s disease in a Hispanic Minority-Minority Community
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Abstract Introduction Peyronie’s disease (PD) is a fibrotic of the penile corpora leading to curvature. PD prevalent in up 9% males, but epidemiological and demographic data not well understood. Prior studies suggest primarily impacts older, white, non-Hispanic males; however, this likely due population homogeneity those studies. Our tertiary care center serves unique, Hispanic minority-majority community that provides us opportunity assess sociodemographic patient characteristics heterogeneous population. Objective We sought determine factors as patients with our community. hypothesize more males than previously reported. Methods retrospectively examined prospectively collected database captured all men presenting from September 2018 February 2021. At primary visit, data, characters were gathered. To accommodate Miami’s greater percentage Black population, overall national race/ethnicity breakdowns incidence Blacks (3-5%) Hispanics (2-4%) was used extrapolate what would be expected Results analysis included total 237 who diagnosed disease. In clinic, 138 (58.3%) Hispanic, whereas we only 19-36 (8-15%) based on current data. Further, 26 (10.5%) black, 10-17 (4-7%). Sociodemographic details, clinical demographics Miami are outlined Table 1. Conclusions There no consensus about prevalence distribution However, diverse community, showed number blacks presented Pyronine’s This demonstrates impacting reported non-Hispanic, white males. reduce under-diagnosis under-treatment, effort should made by clinicians investigate, identify, properly treat minority communities. Disclosure No
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Sexual Medicine
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1743-6109', '1743-6095']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdad060.293