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

Adjusted value = 0.0042.
statistically significant.