Table 1:
Patient Characteristics Stratified by Cohort
| IC/BPS Cohort (N=266) |
Other Pelvic Pain Cohort (N=68) |
Healthy Control (N=91) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.0961 | |||
| Female | 107 (40%) | 34 (50%) | 47 (52%) | |
| Male | 159 (60%) | 34 (50%) | 44 (48%) | |
| Race | 0.2001 | |||
| White | 210 (79%) | 49 (72%) | 70 (77%) | |
| Black | 49 (18%) | 13 (19%) | 18 (20%) | |
| Other | 7 (3%) | 6 (9%) | 3 (3%) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.3661 | |||
| Missing | 12 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hispanic | 15 (6%) | 4 (6%) | 9 (10%) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 239 (94%) | 63 (94%) | 79 (90%) | |
| Age at Study Start | 0.6462 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 51.3 (13.0) | 53.0 (14.4) | 52.6 (14.4) | |
| Median | 51.8 | 53.9 | 53.5 | |
| Interquartile range | 42.1, 62.0 | 42.5, 63.0 | 40.3, 63.6 | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 0.2872 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 29.2 (5.9) | 28.4 (5.4) | 30.1 (5.8) | |
| Median | 28.8 | 28.8 | 29.4 | |
| Interquartile range | 24.9, 32.6 | 23.9, 32.0 | 26.0, 35.0 | |
| Smoking Status | 0.0241 | |||
| Current Smoker | 40 (15%) | 11 (16%) | 18 (20%) | |
| Former Smoker | 91 (34%) | 23 (34%) | 25 (27%) | |
| Never Smoker | 118 (44%) | 28 (41%) | 31 (34%) | |
| Unknown | 17 (6%) | 6 (9%) | 17 (19%) | |
| Presence of: | ||||
| Alcohol Abuse | 28 (11%) | 4 (6%) | 9 (10%) | 0.5101 |
| Back Pain | 191 (72%) | 50 (74%) | 53 (58%) | 0.0371 |
| Diabetes | 60 (23%) | 16 (24%) | 11 (12%) | 0.0811 |
| Fibromyalgia | 63 (24%) | 12 (18%) | 8 (9%) | 0.0081 |
| IBS | 58 (22%) | 10 (15%) | 8 (9%) | 0.0151 |
| Migraines | 20 (8%) | 2 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 0.1781 |
| PTSD | 98 (37%) | 23 (34%) | 30 (33%) | 0.7611 |
| History of Depression | 102 (38%) | 30 (44%) | 31 (34%) | 0.4351 |
Abbreviations: IBS: Irritable Bowell Syndrome; PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
1
Chi-Square
2
Kruskal Wallis