Table 4.
Comparison of the two groups on urinary function, as judged by parents.
| Question | Yes/No | Group A n = 42 (%) |
Group B n = 44 (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whether they stand to urinate | Yes | 42 (100%) | 43 (97.7%) | 0.517 |
| No | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.3%) | ||
| Whether they urinate from the end of their penis | Yes | 42 (100%) | 44 (100%) | 1.000 |
| No | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Whether they have more than one stream when they urinate | Yes | 1 (2.4%) | 0 (0%) | 0.488 |
| No | 41 (97.6%) | 44 (100%) | ||
| Whether they experience spraying urine | Yes | 5 (11.9%) | 7 (15.9%) | 0.412 |
| No | 37 (88.1%) | 37 (84.1%) | ||
| Whether their stream is straight | Yes | 39 (92.9%) | 40 (90.9%) | 0.526 |
| No | 3 (7.1%) | 4 (9.1%) | ||
| Whether they experience terminal dribbling | Yes | 2 (4.8%) | 3 (6.8%) | 0522 |
| No | 40 (95.2%) | 41 (93.2%) |