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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2021 Oct 26;207(3):627–634. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000002274

Table 1:

Patient demographics and urologic management stratified by whether samples were included or excluded from microbiome analysis.

Excluded from Microbiome Analysis Included in Microbiome
Total (n=95) (n=26) analysis (n=69)** p
Age (mean, SD) 56 (17) 59 (15) 55 (18) 0.31
Gender - Female 52 (55%) 13 (50%) 39 (57%) 0.57
Race 0.091
 Caucasian 83 (87%) 22 (85%) 61 (88%)
 Asian 2 (2%) 2 (8%) 0 (0%)
 African American 3 (3%) 0 (0%) 3 (4%)
 Unknown 7 (7%) 2 (8%) 5 (7%)
BMI (mean, SD) 29 (8) 28 (6) 29 (9) 0.63
Etiology of NLUTD 0.57
 Spinal cord injury 43 (45%) 11 (42%) 32 (46%)
 Multiple sclerosis 11 (12%) 4 (15%) 7 (10%)
 Myelomeningocele 5 (5%) 2 (8%) 3 (4%)
 Non-neurogenic urinary retention 10 (11%) 3 (12%) 7 (10%)
 Other 30 (32%) 7 (27%) 23 (33%)
Bladder management 0.14
 Intermittent catheterization 76 (80%) 23 (88%) 53 (77%)
 Indwelling catheter
  Urethral 15 (16%) 2 (8%) 13 (19%)
  Suprapubic 3 (3%) 0 (0%) 3 (4%)
3 or more UTI over 12 months 0.49
 Yes 22 (23%) 0 22
 Missing 25 (27%) 25 (96%) 1 (1%)
Antibiotic Prophylaxis 0.11
 Daily oral prophylaxis 7 (7%) 1 (4%) 6 (9%)
 Gentamicin bladder irrigation 30 (32%) 5 (19%) 25 (36%)
 None 57 (60%) 19 (73%) 38 (55%)
 Both 1 (1%) 1 (4%) 0 (0%)
Non-Antibiotic Prophylaxis *
 Cranberry 11 (12%) 5 (19%) 6 (9%) 0.15
 D-mannose 3 (3%) 2 (8%) 1 (1%) 0.12
 Methanamine 7 (7%) 1 (4%) 6 (9%) 0.42
 Probiotics 8 (8%) 2 (8%) 6 (9%) 0.88
 Vaginal Estrogen 2 (2%) 2 (8%) 0 (0%) 0.02
Bladder BTX-A Use 46 (48%) 8 (31%) 38 (55%) 0.035

Samples with low sequence counts (less than 1203 sequence reads per sample) (n=23) or samples that were unable to be included in microbiome assay (n=3) were excluded.

*

More than one therapy per participant may be counted

**

all participant samples within the category included in microbiome analyses, unless otherwise indicated.