TABLE 1a DEMOGRAPHIC AND BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS
PARAMETERS
GROUP I (Mean±S.D) GROUP II (Mean±S.D) P Value
Age(Years) 62.27±10.01 62.60±10.13 0.886
Prostatomegaly Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 8 (20%) 25 (62.5%) 7 (17.5%) 12 (30%) 22 (55%) 6 (15%)
0.586
Sr. Creatinine(mg/dl) 1.39±3.20 0.97±0.23 0.210
Sr. PSA(ng/ml) 1.83±1.08 1.53±0.79 0.290
Baseline LUTS parameters OABSS NF IPSS IPSS voiding sub score IPSS Storage sub score QOL PVR(ml) UROFLOWMETRY Qmax (ml/sec) AFR (ml/sec) VV (ml) 7.95±2.80 5.75±2.03 18.45±6.12 5.88±5.09 12.68±2.71 4.88±0.52 58.38±68.79 7.94±4.03 3.89±1.78 236.90±120.12 6.75±2.08 3.90±1.35 16.55±6.19 5.88±4.81 10.97±3.02 5.03±0.92 79.35±119.39 10.03±8.03 4.72±3.80 249.40±114.03 0.056 <0.001* 0.171 0.850 <0.001* 0.392 0.667 0.443 0.954 0.292
Sr – Serum, PSA – prostate-specific antigen, LUTS – Lower urinary tract symptoms, IPSS – international prostate symptom score, OABSS- Over Active Bladder Symptom Score, NF- Nocturia Frequency, QOL – Quality of life, PVR – post void residual urine, Qmax– maximum flow rate, AFR- Average Flow Rate, VV- Voided Volume, S.D – standard deviation. *- Significant. Sr – Serum, PSA – prostate-specific antigen, LUTS – Lower urinary tract symptoms, IPSS – international prostate symptom score, OABSS- Over Active Bladder Symptom Score, NF- Nocturia Frequency, QOL – Quality of life, PVR – post void residual urine, Qmax– maximum flow rate, AFR- Average Flow Rate, VV- Voided Volume, S.D – standard deviation. *- Significant. Sr – Serum, PSA – prostate-specific antigen, LUTS – Lower urinary tract symptoms, IPSS – international prostate symptom score, OABSS- Over Active Bladder Symptom Score, NF- Nocturia Frequency, QOL – Quality of life, PVR – post void residual urine, Qmax– maximum flow rate, AFR- Average Flow Rate, VV- Voided Volume, S.D – standard deviation. *- Significant. Sr – Serum, PSA – prostate-specific antigen, LUTS – Lower urinary tract symptoms, IPSS – international prostate symptom score, OABSS- Over Active Bladder Symptom Score, NF- Nocturia Frequency, QOL – Quality of life, PVR – post void residual urine, Qmax– maximum flow rate, AFR- Average Flow Rate, VV- Voided Volume, S.D – standard deviation. *- Significant.