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Table 2 Comparison of pre- and post-massage urinary tests between AS patients and healthy controls (excluding participants with positive urinary cultures)

From: An investigation about chronic prostatitis in ankylosing spondylitis

 

pre-massage

post-massage

 

AS

control

p

AS

control

p

Leukocyte count (/mm3)

2000 [1000-6000]

2000 [1000-5250]

0.603

3000 [2000-5000]

3000 [1000-11,475]

0.704

Uric acid (mg/dL)

53.3 ± 29.4

54.9 ± 24.8

0.782

55.3 ± 24.9

51.2 ± 28.9

0.480

  1. AS Ankylosing spondylitis; Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (for normally distributed data) or median [interquartile range] for non-parametric data