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Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2012 Oct 9;189(4):1415–1420. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.10.002

Table 3.

Proportion of study participants who had abnormal^* urine dipstick values at week 72

Urine Test	Saw palmetto (%)	Placebo (%)	p-value
Glucose	3.1	1.8	0.50
Blood	4.3	3.0	0.57
Ketones	1.8	2.4	1.00
Protein	3.7	5.3	0.60
Leukocyte esterase	1.23	0	0.24

any abnormality (trace, 1+, 2+, 3+, or 4+)