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- Title
How common are varicocoeles? New data on the prevalence in adolescence and new discussions.
- Authors
Dohle, G. R.; Glassberg, K. I.
- Abstract
The authors comment on the article "Varicocele among 1,300,000 Israeli Adolescent Males: Time Trends and Association with Body Mass Index (BMI)" by A. Rais and colleagues appeared within the current issue of the journal. They mention that the study used a nationwide database of over 1.3 million Israeli adolescent males to determine the associations between varicocoele prevalence and BMI. They discuss the increased prevalence in people of higher socioeconomic status as reported in the study.
- Subjects
VARICOCELE; DISEASE prevalence; DISEASES in men; BODY mass index; MEDICAL databases; SOCIAL status; ISRAELIS
- Publication
Andrology, 2013, Vol 1, Issue 5, p661
- ISSN
2047-2919
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00128.x