Pelvic tenderness is not limited to the prostate in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) type IIIA and IIIB: comparison of men with and without CP/CPPS

Table 1 Definition of the dichotomous transformation of the tender point examination scale severity scores

		Dichotomous variable defined as
Scale	Possible Range	0 if value in range	1 if value in range
MTPS Control	0–30	0–3	4–30
MTPS Tender points	0–180	0–18	19–180
EPTPS	0–100	0–10	11–100
IPTPS	0–50	0–5	6–50
Total Prostate Score	0–20	0–2	3–20

MTPS = myofascial tender point score, EPTPS = external pelvic tender point score, IPTPS = internal pelvic tender point score, Total Prostate Score = sum of scores of left and right prostate.

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