TABLE 2.
Distribution of demographic variable for women with 138 clinically-confirmed vulvodynia cases stratified by history of remission from vulvar pain.
| Demographic variable | Women reporting remission (n = 46) |
Women not reporting remission (n = 92) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | p-value | ||
| Mean age, y (SD) | 28.8 (5.7) | 29.0 (4.8) | 0.16 | |||
| Age categories, y | 0.21 | |||||
| 18–19 | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 20–24 | 11 | 23.9 | 10 | 10.9 | ||
| 25–29 | 14 | 30.4 | 42 | 45.7 | ||
| 30–34 | 11 | 23.9 | 25 | 27.2 | ||
| 35–40 | 9 | 19.6 | 13 | 14.1 | ||
| Race | 0.55 | |||||
| White | 40 | 87.0 | 81 | 88.0 | ||
| Black | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| Biracial | 5 | 10.9 | 7 | 7.6 | ||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| Current Marital Status | 0.99 | |||||
| Single, never married | 19 | 41.3 | 37 | 40.2 | ||
| Married/partnered | 25 | 54.3 | 51 | 55.4 | ||
| Separated/divorced | 2 | 4.4 | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| Highest Level of Education | 0.92 | |||||
| High School | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| Some college | 6 | 13.0 | 16 | 17.4 | ||
| Associate’s degree | 5 | 10.9 | 11 | 11.9 | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 23 | 50.0 | 44 | 47.8 | ||
| Graduate degree | 10 | 21.7 | 19 | 20.7 | ||