Table 1. Patients’ characteristics and results according to treatment.

	Control (n=150)	Tamsulosin (n=156)	Silodosin (n=159)	p-value
Age (mean±SD)	42.2 ±11.4	44.61±12.03	45.89±12.90	0.781
Gender (male:female)	94:56:00	97:59:00	111:48:00	0.3562
Stone size (mm) (mean±SD)	5.96 ± 1.18	5.93 ± 1.07	5.94±1.23	0.8351
expulsion rate (%) (after two weeks)	37.2% (56/150)	58.3% (91/156)	62.3% (99/159)	<0.001*
expulsion rate (%) (after three weeks)	50.0% (75/150)	72.4% (113/156)	78.6% (125/159)	<0.001*
Weeks to stone expulsion				0.773
One week of treatment	24.6% (37/150)	32.0% (50/156)	36.5% (58/159)	0.155
Two weeks of treatment	12.6% (19/150)	26.3% (41/156)	25.8% (41/159)	0.029*
Three weeks of treatment	12.6% (19/150)	14.1% (22/156)	16.3% (26/159)	0.746