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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Feb 24;10(4):672–679. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.01.024

Table 2.

Association of outcomes with possible untreated hypospadias.

All Normal Possible untreated
hypospadias
pa
PPSb
Length of penis 1.9 (0.7) 1.9 (0.7) 1.9 (0.7) 0.9
Position and shape of urethral opening 2.4 (0.6) 2.4 (0.6) 2.2 (0.6) 0.011
Shape of glans 2.4 (0.6) 2.4 (0.6) 2.3 (0.7) 0.4
Shape of penile skin 2.3 (0.6) 2.3 (0.6) 2.3 (0.5) 0.7
Penile axis (curvature) 2.3 (0.7) 2.3 (0.7) 2.0 (0.9) 0.048
General appearance 2.2 (0.7) 2.2 (0.7) 2.2 (0.7) 0.9
Overall PPS 9.4 (2.0) 9.4 (2.0) 9.1 (2.0) 0.3
SHIM score 20.4 (5.4) 20.7 (5.3) 17.1 (6.1) <0.001
IPSS score 6.0 (6.2) 5.9 (6.0) 7.8 (7.6) 0.05
CDC HRQOL-4
Would you say your general health isc 2.5 (1.0) 2.5 (1.0) 2.7(1.0) 0.2
Mean number of physically unhealthy days 3.6(7.1) 3.5 (7.0) 5.1 (8.8) 0.1
Mean number of mentally unhealthy days 6.6 (8.8) 6.5 (8.7) 8.3 (10.2) 0.2
Caused a pregnancy 346/725 (47.7%) 317/674 (47.0%) 29/51 (56.7%) 0.2
Diagnosis of infertility 24/729 (3.3%) 22/677 (3.2%) 2/52 (3.8%) 0.8
How often to you sit on toilet to just urinate?d 1.9 (1.2) 1.9 (1.2) 2.3 (1.5) 0.07
Of those who sit to urinate; how much does it bother you to sit down to just urinate?e 1.4(0.7) 1.4(0.7) 1.5 (1.0) 0.8
Penile curvaturef 1.9 (0.8) 1.8 (0.7) 2.3 (1.1) 0.003
How difficult does the curvature of your penis make intercourse?g 4.8 (0.6) 4.8 (0.6) 4.4(1.0) <0.001
Have you ever kissed anyone? 697/728 (95.7%) 647/676 (95.7%) 50/52 (96.2%) 1.0
Age in years 14.1 (4.5) 14.1 (4.5) 13.8 (3.9) 0.7
Have you ever been in love? 642/726 (88.4%) 595/674 (88.3%) 47/52 (90.4%) 0.8
Age in years 18.1 (6.0) 18.2 (6.0) 17.8 (6.4) 0.7
Have you ever had sexual intercourse? 643/728 (88.3%) 598/678 (88.2%) 45/50 (90.0%) 0.8
Age in years 18.3 (5.1) 18.3 (5.0) 17.8 (6.3) 0.5
Have you ever masturbated? 712/728 (97.8%) 663/678 (97.8%) 49/50 (98.0%) 1.0
Age in years 12.3 (2.7) 12.3 (2.7) 11.7(2.7) 0.2

Data presented as mean (standard deviation) or proportion with “yes” answer.

a

Continuous outcomes compared by student’s t-test, ordinal by Wilcoxon rank sum test, dichotomous by chi-square or Fisher Exact test.

b

All questions coded as 3 = very satisfied; 2 = satisfied; 1 = dissatisfied; 0 = very dissatisfied.

c

1 = excellent; 2 = very good, 3 = good, 4 = fair, 5 = poor.

d

1 = Almost never or never; 2 = a few times (much less than half the time); 3 = sometimes (about half the time); 4 = most times (much more than half the time); 5 = almost always or always.

e

1 = not at all bothered; 2 = very little bothered; 3 = moderately bothered; 4 = significantly bothered; 5 = extremely bothered.

f

Higher number corresponds to more ventral curvature. See Fig. 1.

g

1 = did not attempt intercourse; 2 = extremely difficult; 3 = very difficult; 4 = difficult; 5 = slightly difficult; 6 = not difficult.