Table I.

Patient Characteristics

	Quit Use N=30	Continued Use N=34	P
Age ± SD (yrs)	50.5 ± 10.9	53.5 ± 12.1	0.30*
Mean BMI± SD (kg/cm2)	30.3 ± 6.8	27.3 ± 5.3	0.07*
Parity (mean) [rank score]	Mean=2.8 [score=34.6]	Mean=2.4 [score=30.7]	0.39†
Ethnicity (%):			0.56‡
Caucasian	18 (60)	24 (72)
Hispanic	9 (30)	7 (21)
Other	3 (10)	2 (6)
Postmenopausal (%)	15 (50)	16 (47)	1.0‡
Hormone treatment	5 (16)	3 (8)	0.46‡
Sexually Active (%)	17 (57)	21 (62)	0.6‡
POP-Q Stage by compartment Mean stage [rank score]
Anterior	Mean=1.8 [score=28.7]	Mean=2.1 [score=34.7]	0.17†
Apex	Mean=1.2 [score=29.6]	Mean=1.2 [score=31.4]	.64†
Posterior	Mean=1.1 [score=27.5]	Mean=1.5 [score=34.2]	0.12†
Overall POP-Q	Mean=1.9 [score=28.9]	Mean= 2.1 [score=34.6]	0.18†

^*2 sample T-test (Satterthwaite unpaired t-test)

^†Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

^‡Fishers exact test