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Table 1 Patient characteristics and descriptive statistics, stratified according to their MetS profile

From: Correlation between metabolic syndrome and periurethral prostatic fibrosis: results of a prospective study

Variable

Overall

MetS (n = 108)

P value

With (n = 43)

Without (n = 65)

Age (y)

71.3 ± 7.6

71.2 ± 6.8

71.3 ± 8.7

0.954

PSA (ng/mL)

5.1 ± 4.8

4.8 ± 6.1

5.3 ± 3.8

0.591

IPSS

23.5 ± 6.4

24.7 ± 6.8

22.7 ± 6.1

0.104

QoL

4.6 ± 1.2

4.4 ± 1.3

4.8 ± 1.0

0.055

Qmax (mL/s)

6.4 ± 3.5

6.9 ± 3.7

6.0 ± 3.4

0.216

PVR (mL)

91.0 ± 128.0

106.8 ± 152.3

80.8 ± 108.9

0.299

TPV (mL)

56.8 ± 28.4

53.7 ± 29.3

58.8 ± 27.8

0.358

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. MetS Metabolic syndrome, PSA Prostate-specific antigen, IPSS International prostate symptom score, QoL Quality of life, PVR Postvoid residual, TPV Total prostate volume
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