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 5 Median scores by group and examiner.

Variable	Examiner	Median (Range)		P-value for Mann-Whitney test
		Controls	Pain Patients
MTPS Control (0–30)	1	1.0 (0–8)	2.0 (0–5)	0.76
	2	0.0 (0–0)	0.0 (0–2)	0.16
	3	0.0 (0–6)	0.0 (0–4)	0.54
MTPS Tender points (0–180)	1	6.0 (0–56)	23.0 (0–52)	0.26
	2	0.0 (0–3)	1.0 (0–17)	0.007
	3	1.0 (0–39)	9.0 (0–36)	0.013
EPTPS (0–100)	1	15.0 (0–39)	26.0 (0–43)	0.43
	2	0.0 (0–8)	1.0 (0–56)	0.04
	3	1.0 (0–37)	14.5 (0–49)	< 0.001
IPTPS (0–50)	1	5.5 (0–26)	19.0 (0–40)	0.051
	2	0.0 (0–31)	8.0 (0–49)	< 0.001
	3	2.0 (0–19)	14.0 (0–34)	< 0.001
Prostate Score(0–20)	1	2.5 (0–11)	6.0 (0–19)	0.09
	2	0.0 (0–11)	.5 (0–20)	0.001
	3	1.0 (0–10)	7.0 (0–20)	< 0.001

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