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 2 Sample Demographic Characteristics and NIH CPSI Scores

	Pain Patients n = 62	Controls n = 98	P-value*
Age, years, mean (SD)	40.7 (10.4)	34.2 (10.4)	< 0.001
Race
Caucasian (%)**	88.5	84.7	0.50
Marital Status, % **
Married/living with significant other	62.9	44.9	0.09
Divorced/separated	8.1	12.2
Never married	29.0	42.9
Education, %**
Some HS, HS/GED, or Vocational/Technical	18.3	3.1	< 0.001
Some college	6.7	28.6
College graduate	36.7	36.7
Graduate/professional school	38.3	31.6
Employment, %**
Full time work	72.1	55.7	0.02
Part-time work	8.2	18.6
School (full or part-time)	8.2	20.6
Retired, homemaker, unemployed	11.5	5.2
NIH Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index***
Total Score, mean (SD)	21.8 (6.9)	0
Urinary Symptoms, mean (SD)	4.0 (2.8)	0
Pain, mean (SD)	10.1 (4.0)	0
Quality of Life, mean (SD)	7.6 (2.6)	0

* Difference in mean age was tested using t-test. All other differences were assessed by a Chi-square test.
**Information was not available on race for 1 pain patient, on education for 2 pain patients, and on employment for 1 pain patient and 1 control.
*** NIH CPSI data for pain patients were missing for 9 patients on the total score, 5 on the Urinary Symptoms scale, 8 on the Pain scale, and 5 on the Quality of Life scale. Control subjects were eligible for the study only if their NIH CPSI score was zero.

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