Table 2.
The incidence of bacteriuria in relation to preoperative variables of patients scheduled for TURP.
| Preoperative variable | Postoperative bacteriuria |
Chi-squared test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | χ2 | P | ||||
| Age, years | <65, n (%) | 24 | (85.7) | 4 | (14.3) | 7.96 | 0.005 HS |
| >65, n (%) | 40 | (55.6) | 32 | (44.4) | |||
| Presentation | LUTS, n (%) | 28 | (70) | 22 | (30) | 4.42 | 0.109 |
| Haematuria, n (%) | 11 | (73.3) | 4 | (26.7) | |||
| Urine retention, n (%) | 30 | (75) | 10 | (25) | |||
| Prostatic size, g | <60, n (%) | 23 | (82.1) | 5 | (17.9) | 5.56 | 0.018 S |
| >60, n (%) | 41 | (56.9) | 31 | (43.1) | |||
| Free PSA, ng/mL | Mean (SD) | 0.85 (0.57) | 1.04 (0.92) | 1.28 | 0.325* | ||
| Range | 0–2 | 0–2.91 | |||||
| Total PSA, ng/mL | Mean (SD) | 3.10 (1.75) | 3.77 (2.19) | 1.66 | 0.100* | ||
| Range | 0–6.1 | 0–6.5 | |||||
| Preoperative urine analysis | No pyuria, n (%) | 39 | (75.0) | 13 | (25.0) | 5.69 | 0.017 S |
| Pyuria, n (%) | 25 | (52.1) | 23 | (47.9) | |||
| Preoperative urine culture | No bacteriuria, n (%) | 54 | (79.4) | 14 | (20.6) | 21.90 | <0.001 HS |
| Bacteriuria, n (%) | 10 | (31.3) | 22 | (68.8) | |||
| Urea, mg/dL | Mean (SD) | 26.22 (7.05) | 28.61 (8.93) | 1.48 | 0.143* | ||
| Range | 17–44 | 18–44 | |||||
| Creatinine, mg/dL | Mean (SD) | 1.23 (0.33) | 1.31 (0.49) | 1.09 | 0.439* | ||
| Range | 0.7–1.9 | 0.7–2.6 | |||||
| Preoperative catheter | No, n (%) | 52 | (72.2) | 20 | (27.8) | 7.55 | 0.006 HS |
| Yes, n (%) | 12 | (42.9) | 16 | (57.1) | |||
| Catheter size, F | Mean (SD) | 18.33 (0.78) | 18.75 (1.00) | 1.20 | 0.243* | ||
| Range | 18–20 | 18–20 | |||||
| Preoperative catheter duration, days | Mean (SD) | 13.17 (4.88) | 10.25 (5.11) | −1.52 | 0.139* | ||
| Range | 5–20 | 3–21 | |||||
| Previous urological interventions | No, n (%) | 54 | (73.0) | 20 | (27.0) | 9.946 | 0.001 HS |
| Yes, n (%) | 10 | (38.5) | 16 | (61.5) | |||
| Past history of DM | No, n (%) | 52 | (70.3) | 22 | (29.7) | 4.86 | 0.028 S |
| Yes, n (%) | 12 | (46.2) | 14 | (53.8) | |||
| Past history of IHD | No, n (%) | 54 | (64.3) | 30 | (35.7) | 0.02 | 0.890 |
| Yes, n (%) | 10 | (62.5) | 6 | (37.5) | |||
| Past history of HTN | No, n (%) | 56 | (65.1) | 30 | (34.9) | 0.33 | 0.564 |
| Yes, n (%) | 8 | (57.1) | 6 | (42.9) | |||
| Past history of HCV | No, n (%) | 58 | (65.9) | 30 | (34.1) | 1.16 | 0.281 |
| Yes, n (%) | 6 | (50.0) | 6 | (50.0) | |||
IHD, ischaemic heart diseases; HTN, hypertension; HCV, hepatitis C virus; S, significant; HS, highly significant.
*
Independent t-test.