Terminal dribbling in male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms: relationship with International Prostate Symptom Score and with intravesical prostatic protrusion

Table 2 The logistic regression analysis identifying the factors affecting terminal dribbling

Variable	Logistic Regression
Variable	OR	95 % Confidence interval	p value
Age	1.00	0.98 – 1.02	0.707
PSA	0.98	0.94 – 1.02	0.262
Prostate volume (cm³)	1.00	0.99 – 1.01	0.626
Prostate transitional zone volume (cm³)	0.98	0.96 – 1.00	0.089
IPP	1.41	0.96 – 2.09	0.083
IPSS total	1.00	0.93 – 1.07	0.901
Voiding subscore	1.06	1.02 – 1.09	0.001
Storage subscore	0.96	0.88 – 1.05	0.384
IPSS QoL	1.15	0.94 – 1.41	0.170

OR = odds ratio; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; IPP = intravesical prostatic protrusion; IPSS = International Prostate Symptom Score; QoL = Quality of Life
*Backward variable selection procedure was applied

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