Table 2 Demographic characteristics of Chronic Prostatitis-Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis-Bladder Pain Syndrome patients

Age (mean (SD))

45.44 (14.22)

40.51 (14.33)

0.031

Sex

< 0.001

 Female

0 (0.0)

233 (99.6)

 Male

48 (100.0)

1 (0.4)

Race (%)

0.388

 White

45 (93.8)

205 (87.6)

 Asian

2 (4.2)

4 (1.7)

 Black

0 (0.0)

7 (3.0)

 Multi Race

0 (0.0)

10 (4.3)

 Native Hawaiian

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Other

1 (2.1)

6 (2.6)

 Unknown

1 (0.7)

1 (0.5)

Ethnicity (%)

0.083

 Hispanic

3 (6.2)

18 (7.7)

 Not Hispanic

44 (91.7)

216 (92.3)

 Unknown

1 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

Education (%)

0.018

 < High School

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 High School or GED

2 (4.2)

17 (7.3)

 Some college

6 (12.5)

76 (32.5)

 College/university graduate

22 (45.8)

87 (37.2)

 Graduate or professional school

18 (37.5)

54 (23.1)

Employment (%)

0.027

 Employed

40 (83.3)

145 (62.0)

 Full time homemaker

0 (0.0)

12 (5.1)

 Unemployed

4 (8.3)

39 (16.7)

 Disabled

0 (0.0)

24 (10.3)

 Retired

4 (8.3)

13 (5.6)

Income (%)

0.016

 $10,000 or less

3 (6.2)

32 (13.7)

 $10,001 to $25,000

2 (4.2)

22 (9.4)

 $25,001 to $50,000

6 (12.5)

43 (18.4)

 $50,001 to $100,000

11 (22.9)

61 (26.1)

 Greater than $100,000

23 (47.9)

53 (22.6)

 Prefer not to answer

3 (6.2)

23 (9.8)

Self-Reported Hypertension*

0.96

 No

44 (91.7)

214 (91.4)

 Yes

4 (8.3)

20 (8.6)

Antihypertensive Use (%)**

0.39

 No

28 (82.4)

192 (87.7)

 Yes

6 (17.6)

27 (12.3)

  Used ACE-I (%)***

2 (33.3)

9 (33.3)

0.98

  Used ARB (%)***

2 (33.3)

5 (18.5)

0.526

Self-Reported Hypertension and/or Antihypertensive Use (%)****

0.89

 No

42 (87.5)

203 (86.8)

 Yes

6 (12.5)

31 (13.2)