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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2012 Jan 5;110(5):720–725. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10810.x

TABLE 3.

History of STI, non-sexually transmitted UTIs, prostatitis, urinary and sexual outcomes stratified by history of urethral sounding

History of
urethral
sounding		 No history of
urethral
sounding
n % n % P
Infection history
    HIV   50 21.9   253 13.4 <0.001
    Chlamydia   45 19.7   213 11.3 <0.001
    Gonorrhea   67 29.4   329 17.4 <0.001
    Syphilis   30 13.2   167   8.8   0.033
    Genital herpes   29 12.7   144   7.6   0.008
    Genital warts   58 25.4   309 16.3   0.001
    UTI   65 28.5   412 21.9   0.023
    Prostatitis/Chronic prostate pain   18   7.9   133   7.1   0.628
Urinary and sexual outcomes
Categorized IPSS
    None-mild (0–7) 133 62.4 1209 67.1
    Moderate (8–19)   65 30.5   520 28.9
    Severe (20–35)   15   7     73   4.1   0.095
Take medications to help urination?   11   4.8     67   3.5   0.329
Has sought help from a physician for urinary complaints   49 21.5   325 17.2   0.111
IIEF-EF >15   13   7.4     91   6.2   0.543
Use of PDE5 inhibitors 104 45.6   482 25.5 <0.001
Has sought help from a physician for sexual complaints 155 69.8 1473 82.2 <0.001

Some totals differ secondary to missing data points.