. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 2.

Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2007 Dec 21;179(2):556–560. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.09.088

Table 4.

Comparison of Mean CPSI and Pain Subscores for Tenderness Areas

CPSI Mean Scores: Baseline
Subgroups	N	Total Score (max 43)	N	Pain Sub-score (max 21)
Any Tenderness	192	23.89	192	11.14
No Tenderness	192	21.23	192	9.8
Difference(p-value)		2.66 (0.003)		1.35 (0.005)

Any Prostate Tenderness	155	24.14	157	11.34
No Prostate Tenderness	227	21.41	227	9.87
Difference(p-value)		2.83 (0.001)		1.47 (0.002)

Any Trunk Tenderness	45	26.93	337	12.84
No Trunk Tenderness	45	21.97	339	10.15
Difference(p-value)		4.96 (<0.001)		2.69 (<0.001)

Any Genital Tenderness	48	25.52	334	11.85
No Genital Tenderness	48	22.13	336	10.27
Difference(p-value)		3.39 (0.015)		1.58 (0.023)

Any Pelvic Tenderness	72	24.96	310	12
No Pelvic Tenderness	72	22	312	10.12
Difference(p-value)		2.96 (0.008)		1.88 (0.001)

CPSI Mean Scores: 12 Month Follow-up
Subgroups	N	Total Score (max 43)	N	Pain Sub-score (max 21)

Any Tenderness	133	19.65	133	9.28
No Tenderness	111	17.53	111	8.29
Difference(p-value)		2.12 (0.057)		0.99 (0.068)

Any Prostate Tenderness	151	19.88		9.24
No Prostate Tenderness	93	17.63		8.35
Difference(p-value)		2.25 (0.051)		0.89 (0.128)