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. 2016 Jul-Aug;42(4):727–733. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0570

Table 2. Overall study results.

Variables Doxazosin Placebo P value
Daytime Frequency
First 2 weeks 2.18 ±1.80 2.68 ± 2.00 0.028
Second 2 weeks 1.98 ±1.64 2.48 ±1.81 0.038
Post-stent 1.08 ±1.24 1.33 ±1.41 0.266
Nocturia
First 2 weeks 1.35 ±1.46 1.88 ±1.74 0.021
Second 2 weeks 1.05 ±1.18 1.66 ±1.62 0.008
Post-stent 0.42 ± 0.83 0.49 ± 0.90 0.749
Urgency
First 2 weeks 1.33 ±1.67 1.93 ±1.74 0.012
Second 2 weeks 1.13 ±1.33 1.67 ±1.57 0.014
Post-stent 0.68 ±1.26 0.77 ± 0.97 0.083
Urge incontinence
First 2 weeks 0.09 ± 0.32 0.14 ±0.46 0.676
Second 2 weeks 0.06 ± 0.23 0.08 ± 0.27 0.510
Post-stent 0.00 0.02 ±0.14 0.232
Hematuria
First 2 weeks 1.20 ±1.62 1.26 ±1.52 0.644
Second 2 weeks 0.86 ±1.28 1.05 ±1.25 0.141
Post-stent 0.27 ± 0.56 0.16 ±0.43 0.196
Flank pain
First 2 weeks 1.13 ±1.46 1.83 ±1.92 0.007
Second 2 weeks 0.93 ±1.18 1.45 ±1.54 0.014
Post-stent 0.18 ±0.55 0.31 ± 0.67 0.140
Abdominal pain
First 2 weeks 1.03 ±1.30 1.60 ±1.74 0.015
Second 2 weeks 0.80 ±1.08 1.50 ±1.55 0.001
Post-stent 0.13 ±0.39 0.29 ± 0.66 0.074
Urethral pain
First 2 weeks 1.07 ±1.33 1.45 ±1.82 0.236
Second 2 weeks 0.72 ±1.02 1.27 ±1.56 0.021
Post-stent 0.18 ±0.54 0.21 ± 0.52 0.610
QoL
First 2 weeks 2.79 ±1.05 3.27 ±1.32 0.003
Second 2 weeks 2.69 ± 0.97 3.00 ±1.07 0.024
Post-stent 1.44 ±0.95 1.57 ±0.69 0.273
Analgesics use
First 2 weeks 0.30 ± 0.79 0.74 ±1.29 0.005
Second 2 weeks 0.20 ± 0.62 0.53 ±1.02 0.006

Values in both treatment groups are presented by mean ± standard deviation

Mann-Whitney U test was used for all statistical analyses.