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

Table 3 The logistic regression analysis identifying the factors affecting uroflowmetry-confirmed terminal dribbling

Variable	Logistic Regression
Variable	OR	95 % Confidence interval	p value
Age	0.99	0.97 – 1.01	0.530
PSA	0.97	0.92 – 1.02	0.273
Prostate volume (cm³)	1.00	0.99 – 1.01	0.752
Prostate transitional zone volume (cm³)	1.00	0.99 – 1.02	0.713
IPP	2.83	1.91 – 4.21	<0.001
IPSS total	0.96	0.89 – 1.04	0.363
Voiding subscore	1.03	0.93 – 1.15	0.561
Storage subscore	1.01	0.96 – 1.07	0.600
IPSS QoL	1.23	0.98 – 1.55	0.070

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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