Exploration of Immunology

Characteristics	Total (n = 43)
Age, years	30.6 ± 5.6
Disease course, months	3.1 ± 1.4
Body mass index	24.3 ± 2.8
Storage symptoms	38 (88.4%)
Frequency	32 (74.4%)
Urgency	29 (67.4%)
Incontinence	25 (58.1%)
Nocturia	5 (11.6%)
Voiding symptoms	31 (72.1%)
Straining to void	24 (55.8%)
Hesitancy	20 (46.5%)
Slow stream	11 (25.6%)
Post micturition symptoms	29 (67.4%)
Feeling of incomplete emptying	25 (58.1%)
Terminal dribble	10 (23.3%)
Pains	37 (86.0%)

Declarations

Author contributions

XW and ZY equally contributed to: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. LL: Validation, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. HZ: Validation, Writing—review & editing. XH: Writing—review & editing, Supervision. JC: Conceptualization, Supervision. XZ: Validation, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Center of Reproductive Medicine of Tongji Medical College (201405). The study involving human research adheres to the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.

Consent to participate

The informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

All relevant data is contained within the manuscript.

Funding

Not applicable.

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