Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the population.
| Variables | n (%) | ||
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| Total sample | N=265 | ||
| Demographic | Age | Mean (±sd) | 64.4 (±7.9) |
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| Lifestyle | Smoking | Non smoker | 117 (53.9%) |
| Smoker | 52 (24.0%) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 48 (22.1%) | ||
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| Comorbidities | Cardiac | No | 228 (86.4%) |
| Yes | 36 (13.6%) | ||
| HTN | No | 162 (61.4%) | |
| Yes | 102 (38.6%) | ||
| Diabetes | No | 224 (84.8%) | |
| Yes | 40 (15.2%) | ||
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| Pre-procedure | Prostate size | Mean (±sd) | 49.9 (±29.2) |
| PVR | Mean (±sd) | 53.5 (±83.5) | |
| PSA number | Mean (±sd) | 50.0 (±379.7) | |
| PSA ratio | Mean (±sd) | 0.2 (±0.1) | |
| Symptoms | No | 107 (40.4%) | |
| Yes | 158 (59.6%) | ||
| Antibiotics | No | 207 (78.1%) | |
| Yes | 58 (21.9%) | ||
| Urine analysis(positive) | No | 252 (95.1%) | |
| Yes | 13 (4.9%) | ||
| Enema | No | 194 (73.2%) | |
| Yes | 71 (26.8%) | ||
| Biopsy | No | 246 (92.8%) | |
| Yes | 19 (7.2%) | ||
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| Post-procedure | Urine analysis(positive) | No | 243 (91.7%) |
| Yes | 22 (8.3%) | ||
| Sepsis | No | 240 (90.6%) | |
| Yes | 25 (9.4%) | ||
| Urine culture | No | 247 (93.2%) | |
| Yes | 18 (6.8%) | ||
| Urine culture (bacteriology) | E.choli sensitive | 3 (16.7%) | |
| E.choli resistant | 13 (72.2%) | ||
| Klebsiella Pneumoniae | 2 (11.1%) | ||
| Hospital admission | No | 245 (96.1%) | |
| Yes | 10 (3.9%) | ||
| Days to develop sepsis | Mean (±sd) | 7.6 (±18.2) | |