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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2020 Dec 21;205(4):1133–1138. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001482

Table 3:

Relative rates (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs)1 of urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome flares by initial annual rise in pollen count level in the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Epidemiology and Phenotyping Study, 2009-2013.

All participants (n=409) Participants with a history of allergies
or respiratory tract disorders (n=263)
No. of flare assessments 966 674
No. of total assessments 6,353 4,126
Initial rise in pollen count to levels of: RR (95% CI) P-value RR (95% CI) P-trend/value
 Low/medium 1.07 (0.84-1.35) 0.58 0.98 (0.74-1.31) 0.91
 Medium or higher level 1.14 (0.98-1.33) 0.10 1.23 (1.03-1.46) 0.02
1

Calculated by Poisson regression with robust variance estimation.