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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Epidemic investigation of benign prostatic obstruction with coexisting overactive bladder in Shanghai Pudong New Area and its impact on the health-related quality of life

Variable

BPO without OAB (n = 892)

BPO with coexisting OAB (n = 584)

P value

Prostate volume (mL)

55.6 ± 20.7

62.7 ± 26.5

0.005

Serum PSA (ng/mL)

3.6 ± 0.8

3.7 ± 0.7

0.624

Testosterone (nmol/L)

14.2 ± 4.6

13.9 ± 4.3

0.196

Qmax (mL/s)

10.2 ± 3.9

10.1 ± 3.8

0.162

PVR (mL)

19.8 ± 17.3

20.5 ± 18.7

0.820

BMI (kg/m2)

24.3 ± 3.7

24.6 ± 4.1

0.461

IPSS (score)

19.2 ± 6.8

23.5 ± 7.3

0.000

QoL (score)

3.9 ± 0.9

4.6 ± 1.2

0.000

IIEF-5 (score)

9.9 ± 2.3

9.0 ± 1.7

0.036

  1. BPO Benign prostatic obstruction, OAB Overactive bladder syndrome, PSA Prostate-specific antigen, Qmax Maximum flow rate, PVR Postvoid residual urine volume, IPSS International prostate symptom score, QoL Quality of life, IIEF-5 International index of erectile function-5, OABSS Overactive bladder symptom score