Table 1.
Comparison of selected clinical and demographic characteristics of women who reported sexually activity in the six months prior to baseline with women who did not report sexual activity
| Sexually Active (n=450) |
Not sexually active (n=205) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.09 | ||||
| Hispanic | 43 | 10 | 28 | 14 | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 332 | 74 | 145 | 73 | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 28 | 6 | 15 | 8 | |
| Other | 46 | 10 | 11 | 6 | |
| Education | 0.06 | ||||
| Less than High School | 33 | 7 | 21 | 11 | |
| High School or equivalent | 113 | 25 | 57 | 29 | |
| Some post-high school | 194 | 43 | 63 | 32 | |
| Baccalaureate degree | 67 | 15 | 31 | 16 | |
| Graduate degree | 43 | 10 | 27 | 14 | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||||
| Married/living with a partner | 360 | 80 | 83 | 42 | |
| Not married | 90 | 20 | 116 | 58 | |
| Smoking status | 0.03 | ||||
| Never smoked | 249 | 55 | 103 | 52 | |
| Former smoker | 130 | 29 | 76 | 38 | |
| Current smoker | 71 | 16 | 20 | 10 | |
| HRT use | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 152 | 34 | 79 | 40 | |
| Yes | 133 | 30 | 89 | 45 | |
| Pre-menopausal | 164 | 37 | 31 | 16 | |
| POP-Q Stage1 | 0.07 | ||||
| 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| I | 83 | 18 | 45 | 23 | |
| II | 282 | 63 | 104 | 52 | |
| III | 51 | 11 | 36 | 18 | |
| IV | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 49.5 | 9.5 | 57.4 | 10.1 | <0.001 |
| BMI2 | 29.2 | 5.8 | 31.6 | 5.9 | <0.001 |
| UDI 3 —Total | 150.1 | 49.2 | 152.4 | 47.2 | 0.58 |
| UDI: Stress | 78.8 ) | 21.3 | 76.1 | 23.1 | 0.14 |
| UDI: Obstructive | 24.9 | 21.4 | 25.5 | 22.4 | 0.72 |
| UDI: Irritative | 46.3 | 25.4 | 50.8 | 24.4 | 0.04 |
| MESA 4: Total | 25.4 | 7.6 | 26.7 | 6.9 | 0.05 |
| MESA: Stress | 19.2 | 4.7 | 19.6 | 4.4 | 0.37 |
| MESA: Urge | 6.2 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 0.007 |
| Pad Weight5 (gm) | 38.2 | 63.7 | 55.3 | 106.4 | 0.04 |
| PISQ-126 | 31.6 | 7.0 | |||
Stage of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: 0 denotes no support loss. I denotes vagina not advanced below 1 centimeter above the hymen. II denotes the most advanced portion of the vagina is within 1 centimeter above (inside) the hymen, and one centimeter below (outside) the hymen. III denotes the most everted portion of the vagina is beyond Stage II, but not within the distance defined by total vaginal length minus two centimeters. IV denotes the most advanced portion of vaginal support loss is within the total length of the vagina minus two centimeters.
BMI = body mass index is defined as weight in kilograms divided by square of height in meters.
Urinary distress symptoms are scored from 0 (not present) to 4 (present and greatly bothersome) and summed. Subscales are re-scaled to range from 0 to 100. UDI total is the sum of the sub-scales and ranges from 0 to 300. The higher the UDI score, the more bothersome are the symptoms.
Total scores on the Medical, Epidemiological and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA) questionnaire were based on the sum of the scores for each woman, with a range 0 (never) to 3 (always) for the nine questions on stress incontinence and the six questions on urge incontinence, with higher scores indicating more frequent symptoms of incontinence.
The pad weight was based on the average of each woman’s mean pad weight difference during her standardized 24-hour pad test.
PISQ-12 items are scored from 0 (lowest function) to 4 (highest function) and summed. Higher scores indicate greater sexual function.