Table 2.

The association between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and pelvic floor outcomes from multivariable models^*

	IBS Multivariate
Outcome	OR (95% CI) †	P-value
Sexual dysfunction
Lower sex frequency	1.2 (0.9 – 1.8)	0.25
Difficulty in having an orgasm	1.2 (0.9 – 1.8)	0.27
Lack of sexual interest	1.3 (0.9 – 1.9)	0.13
Difficulty in becoming sexually aroused	1.4 (1.0 – 2.0)	0.07
Low rating of overall sexual satisfaction	1.8 (1.3 – 2.5)	<0.01
Unable to relax and enjoy sexual activity	1.8 (1.3 – 2.6)	<0.01
Bother from pelvic floor disorder
Fecal incontinence	2.0 (1.3 – 3.2)	<0.01
Pelvic organ prolapse	4.3 (1.5 – 11.9)	<0.01
Quality of Life
Worse self reported health status	1.7 (1.2 – 2.2)	<0.01
High IIQ, reflecting urinary incontinence‡	2.2 (1.3 – 3.8)	<0.01

IBS=Irritable Bowel Syndrome; OR = Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; IIQ = Incontinence Impact Questionnaire

^*IBS was treated as an independent variable and the outcome was treated as the dependent variable. All models were adjusted for age, race, diabetes, urgency, urinary incontinence, symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse, hysterectomy, colon surgery and pelvic organ prolapse surgery.

^†Odds ratio and 95% Confidence interval from proportional odds logistic regression model. P-value is from a test for trend.

^‡High IIQ was defined as having a score in the upper quartile, IIQ Score >53, odds ratio and 95% confidence interval from multivariate logistic regression models