Table 3. OR, CI (95% CI), and significance (p-value) of digestive signs in BPH, prostatitis, and PN.

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia			Prostatitis			Prostatic neoplasia
Variable	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Tenesmus	1.50	0.80, 2.90	0.2	0.95	0.49, 1.78	0.9	0.16	0.01, 0.99	0.088
Anorexia	0.39	0.20, 0.75	0.005	2.07	1.06, 4.05	0.033	2.28	0.44, 13.9	0.3
Weight loss	0.27	0.13, 0.55	<0.001	2.27	1.08, 4.68	0.027	20.2	3.27, 157	0.002
Constipation	0.82	0.38, 1.83	0.6	1.50	0.67, 3.22	0.3	0.56	0.03, 4.47	0.6
Hematochezia	2.87	1.11, 8.58	0.041	0.39	0.13, 1.02	0.073	0.79	0.04, 5.92	0.8
Vomiting	1.09	0.45, 2.78	0.9	1.32	0.53, 3.11	0.5	0.19	0.01, 1.54	0.2
Diarrhea	0.33	0.13, 0.82	0.017	3.39	1.39, 8.29	0.007	NPS	NPS	NPS
Dyschezia	1.88	0.21, 45.0	0.6	0.62	0.03, 5.12	0.7	NPS	NPS	NPS
Flat stools	0.19	0.03, 1.22	0.084	1.53	0.19, 9.21	0.7	13.7	1.96, 142	0.008

CI = confidence interval; NPS: no presence of clinical signs; OR = odds ratio. p-value in bold: significant odds ratio values (p < 0.05).