Cross-organ sensitization between the prostate and bladder in an experimental rat model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Table 2 Metabolic cage results

	Control	L10	L14
Total water intake (mL)	7.50 ± 1.12	9.83 ± 2.40	11.83 ± 1.94
Total urine output (mL)	11.92 ± 1.34	11.67 ± 1.09	13.50 ± 2.28
Total number of micturitions	6.50 ± 0.43	13.50 ± 1.41	16.50 ± 4.15*
Micturitions/hour	0.41 ± 0.03	0.84 ± 0.09	1.03 ± 0.26*
Volume/micturition (mL)	1.62 ± 0.23	0.90 ± 0.10*	0.91 ± 0.13*

Comparisons between data from saline-treated controls and 10 (L10) and 14 (L14) days after intraprostatic injection with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
*Denotes significant difference (p < 0.05) between control and treatment group; n = 6 per group. No significant differences were noted between the L10 and L14 groups

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