Table IV.

Health characteristics of women with chronic vulvar and non-vulvar gynecologic pain compared to asymptomatic women.

	No gynecologic pain (n = 1394)		Vulvar Pain (n = 75)		Other chronic gynecologic pain (n = 303)
	Frequency	Missing	Odds Ratio^a	95% CI	Odds Ratio^b	95% CI
Current medical problems	566	10	2.24	(1.39, 3.62)^b	1.12	(0.87, 1.44)
Current stress in life	1103	50	5.1	(1.59, 16.33)^b	2.84	(1.78, 4.52)^b
History of depression	270	73	2.15	(1.31, 3.54)^b	2.07	(1.57, 2.73)^b
History of arthritis	346	76	1.96	(1.21, 3.17)^b	1.02	(0.77, 1.37)
Felt depressed/hopeless in the last month	474	13	2.25	(1.41, 3.6)^b	2.53	(1.96, 3.27)^b
Little interest in activities in last month	321	16	2.57	(1.59, 4.15)^b	2.28	(1.75, 2.96)^b
Ever diagnosed with a vaginal infection	952	9	2.35	(1.25, 4.41)^b	2.11	(1.54, 2.90)^b
Ever given birth	1116	7	0.81	(0.47, 1.42)	0.69	(0.51, 0.92)^b
Ever had a vaginal delivery	950	12	1.0	(0.61, 1.67)	0.54	(0.42, 0.7)^b
Had period in last 12 months	620	5	1.21	(0.75, 1.93)	2.09	(1.62, 2.71)^b
Current oral contraceptive use	116	203	0.46	(0.14, 1.48)	1.62	(1.11, 2.38)^b
Current hormone therapy use	412	31	0.93	(0.55, 1.57)	0.56	(0.41, 0.77)^b
Had a hysterectomy	237	11	1.03	(0.56, 1.91)	0.68	(0.47, 0.98)^b

Univariate analysis was performed, and odds ratios were calculated with asymptomatic women as the reference group. Those with missing values were excluded.

As indicated by the 95% confidence interval, significant at p < 0.05.