@article {123, title = {Urethral stricture and urethritis in men in Scotland.}, journal = {Genitourin Med}, volume = {70}, year = {1994}, month = {1994 Dec}, pages = {403-5}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVES: To examine the incidence of urethral stricture in men in Scotland during the years 1982-1991 in relation to the changing incidence of gonococcal and non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) over the past 20 years.

DESIGN: Retrospective study of incidence of urethral stricture in Scotland.

METHOD: The number of new men in whom a diagnosis of urethral stricture was made for the years 1982-1991 was obtained using the new Scottish Record Linkage system, and the number of cases of gonorrhoea and NGU was obtained from Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit. Age-specific rates of urethral stricture were calculated and the Poisson regression model was used to test if there was a trend of rate with age or time change.

RESULTS: There was a highly significant increase in the incidence of urethral stricture with age but only a slight increase in incidence over the study period within each age group.

CONCLUSION: As the interaction between age and time was not significant, it is concluded that urethritis associated with sexually transmitted organisms is an uncommon cause of urethral stricture in Scotland.

}, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Chlamydia Infections, Gonorrhea, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Scotland, Time Factors, Urethral Stricture, Urethritis}, issn = {0266-4348}, author = {McMillan, A and Pakianathan, M and Jiang-Hua Mao and Macintyre, C C} }