When assessing both African-American and Hispanic males for genitourinary dys-function, the nurse asks:
a. Do the males in your family have a history of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)?
b. Do you experience burning or other pain when you urinate?
c. Is your urine ever bloody?
d. Have you ever been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
ANS: A
BPH affects 6.5 of the 27 million white men (NIDDK, 2010b). However African-American and Latino men have disproportionately high rates. The disparity may be related to differ-ences in genetic factors related to androgen signaling pathways, among other factors. The other options have not been identified as being disproportionally high in these ethnic groups.
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