A prospective observational study of urinary cytokines and inflammatory response in patients with Overactive Bladder Syndrome

Table 5 Mixed models analysis with IL-6 as the dependant variable

Dependent variable	Denominator df	F	Significance
LUTS score	205	0.w	p = .658
Urgency	233	1.0	p = .317
Pain	239	0	p = .935
Bacterial growth^§	237	5.1	p = .024
Pyuria count^†	258	66.2	p = < .001

*F is the test statistic: ratio of the variances and increase in magnitude of dependent variable demonstrated by patients compared with control subjects during the study; ^§Bacterial growth: log cfu ml⁻¹; ^†Pyuria count: wbc ul⁻¹

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