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Table 7.

Physician characteristics that significantly predict familiarity and knowledge with CP/CPPS^* and etiology and symptoms

	Statistic			p-value
Physician characteristics that significantly predict familiarity with CP/CPPS in men
Practice setting	X²= 8.67	df= 2	n=268	0.013
Gender	X²=38.61	df=3	n=270	0.000
Years of practice	F=4.26	df=3	n=267	0.006
Percent of patients that are male	F=12.43	df=3	n=266	0.000
Physician characteristics that significantly predict knowledge of hallmark symptom of CP/CPPS
Gender	X²= 6.63	df= 1	n=259	0.01
Physician characteristics that predict knowledge about managing patients with CP/CPPS
CP/CPPS is non-infectious
Years of practice	T=−2.00	df=158.4	n=265	0.046
Percent of patients that are male	T=−2.27	df= 262	n=264	0.024
CP/CPPS is caused by STD
Gender	X²=6.48	df=1	n=264	0.011
Percent of patients that are male	T=−2.74	df=259	n=261	0.007

Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome