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

Table 6 Mixed models analysis with Lactoferrin as the dependant variable

Dependent variable	Denominator df	F	Significance
LUTS score	200	9.3	p = .003
Urgency	232	6.6	p = .011
Pain	208	0.2	p = .622
Bacterial growth^§	231	0.1	p = .793
Pyuria count^†	240	73.9	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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