Research Article
Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Middle Aged and Elderly Nigerian Men: Impact on Quality of Life
Table 4
Pairwise comparison of IPSS severity and quality of life of patients with LUTS.
| Pair compared | Chi-squared test | value |
| Mildly symptomatic versus best QoL | 60.84 | <0.001 | Mildly symptomatic versus good QoL | 72.25 | <0.001 | Mildly symptomatic versus poor QoL | 136.89 | <0.001 | Mildly symptomatic versus worst QoL | 2.56 | 0.109 | Moderately symptomatic versus best QoL | 4.00 | 0.046 | Moderately symptomatic versus good QoL | 7.84 | 0.005 | Moderately symptomatic versus poor QoL | 21.16 | <0.001 | Moderately symptomatic versus worst QoL | 7.29 | 0.007 | Severely symptomatic versus best QoL | 19.36 | <0.001 | Severely symptomatic versus good QoL | 17.64 | <0.001 | Severely symptomatic versus poor QoL | 25.00 | <0.001 | Severely symptomatic versus worst QoL | 16.81 | <0.001 |
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Adjusted value = 0.0042. statistically significant.
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