Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients

Characteristics	Group 1 (n = 48)	Group 2 (n = 46)	p-value
Age, years (mean ±SD)	53.0 ±5.8	54.1 ±4.5	0.30
BMI (mean ±SD)	24.3 ±5.5	25.3 ±3.7	0.30
No. of episodes of cystitis in the past 12 months (mean ±SD)	3.5 ±0.9	3.6 ±0.7	0.55
Patients with UTIs due to E. coli (n/N [%])	40/48 (83.3)	39/46 (84.7)	1.00
VAS score (mean ±SD)	68.2 ±14.1	70.1 ±8.6	0.43
Daily fluid intake, liter (mean ±SD)	1.2 ±0.4	1.1 ±0.5	0.28

Data were reported as mean ±standard deviation (SD) and analyzed with Student’s t-test. Probability values of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant