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African Journal of Urology

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: A prospective evaluation of the impact of trans-rectal prostate biopsy on the voiding function of patients

Variables

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

Age (years)

64.9

8.4

41

85

Prostate volume (g)

60.5

49.4

8

277.1

PSA (ng/ml)

28.5

31.6

4

116.6

IPSS-T

12.8

7.3

2

29

IPSS-S

6.7

4.0

1

17

IPSS-V

6.2

4.8

0

17

IPSS-V/S

1.2

1.4

0

8

Bother Score

3.3

1.6

0

6

PFR (ml/s)

18.3

10.7

6

62

  1. IPSS: International Prostate Symptom Score, IPSS-T: total IPSS score, IPSS-S: IPSS storage symptoms sub-score, IPSS-V: IPSS voiding symptoms sub-score, IPSS-V/S: IPSS voiding to storage symptoms ratio, PFR: peak flow rate, PSA: prostate specific antigen
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