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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J. 2013 Jun 27;25(1):53–59. doi: 10.1007/s00192-013-2145-4

Table 3.

Patient characteristics: stage 2 POP

Hispanic

(n=119)
Mean ± SD
Median (LQ, UQ)
n (%)
Native American

(n=37)
Mean ± SD
Median (LQ, UQ)
n (%)
Non-Hispanic
white
(n=157)
Mean ± SD
Median (LQ, UQ)
n (%)
p values
Age (years) 55.6±12.5 56.5±12.4 57.8±13.4 0.37*
BMI (kg/m2) 30.2±6.2 32.1±8.6 29.2±7.5 0.11*
Parity (median) 3 (2. 4)a 3 (2.4)a 2 (2.3)b <0.01**
Previous hysterectomy 47 (39.5 %) 9 (24.3 %) 64 (40.8 %) 0.17***
Previous POP repair 17 (14.3 %) 6 (16.2 %) 28 (18.0 %) 0.75***
Previous incontinence surgery 10 (8.4 %) 6 (16.2 %) 20 (12.8 %) 0.29***
Depression 26 (21.9 %) 10 (27.0 %) 46 (29.3 %) 0.38***
Anxiety 20 (16.8 %) 4 (10.8 %) 24 (15.3 %) 0.72***
Current partner 63 (53.4 %) 22 (59.5 %) 94 (60.3 %) 0.52***
Sexually active 65 (55.1 %) 18 (48.7) 77 (49.7 %) 0.65***
Dyspareunia 29 (47.5 %) 7 (38.9) 30 (41.1 %) 0.74***
Public insurance 77 (65.3 %)a 27 (75 %)a 72 (45.9)b <0.01***
POPDI score 46.3±25.9a 49.3±27.7a 36.8±25.0b <0.01*
*

ANOVA

**

Kruskal–Wallis

***

Fisher’s exact test

Fisher’s least significant difference is indicated by superscripts a, b. Ethnicities with different letters are significantly different