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Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2011 Dec 15;187(2):503–507. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.036

Table 3. Comparison of bowel symptoms between women with and without neuropathic pain.

	Neuropathic Pain^† N=40	Non-neuropathic Pain^‡ N=110	p-value^*
Total bowel symptom score (IBS)	22.9 ± 10.0	14.1 ± 7.8	<0.001
Pain dimension score	8.8 ± 4.0	5.3 ± 3.6	<0.001
Diarrhea dimension score	7.8 ± 6.1	4.1 ± 4.3	<0.001
Constipation dimension score	6.4 ± 4.5	4.6 ± 4.1	0.02

IBS = Birmingham Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom questionnaire

^†

Score ≥ 19 on PainDETECT

^‡

Score < 19 on PainDETECT

Parametric or non-parametric t-test for independent samples