TABLE 3.

Selected pain and medical history characteristics by remission status among 138 women with clinically-confirmed vulvodynia sampled from a population-based study in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, 2010 – 2013.

Characteristic		Women reporting any remission (n = 46)		Women not reporting remission (n = 92)
		No.	%	No.	%	p-value
Type						0.26
Primary		13	28.3	35	38.0
Secondary		33	71.7	57	62.0
Mean Duration, y (range)		9.2 (2.0 – 24.4)		7.0 (0.9 – 25.8)		0.59
Duration in Quartiles, y						0.77
< 3.8		9	19.6	25	27.2
3.8 – 7.49		12	26.1	23	25.0
7.5 – 12.9		12	26.1	23	25.0
≥ 13.0		13	28.3	21	22.8
Body Mass Index (BMI)						0.08
Underweight (< 18.5)		3	6.5	3	3.3
Normal weight (18.5–24.9)		29	63.0	45	48.9
Overweight (25.0–29.9)		12	26.1	26	28.3
Obese (≥30.0)		2	4.4	18	19.5
History of pregnancy
Yes		19	41.3	42	45.7	0.63
No		27	58.7	50	54.3
Location of pain on the vestibule
Generalized		19	41.3	40	43.5	0.09
Localized		27	58.7	52	56.5
Sought treatment for pain
Yes		21	45.6	48	52.2	0.82
No		20	43.5	42	45.7
Missing		5	10.9	2	2.1
Received treatment for pain						0.78
Yes		8	17.4	20	21.7
No		32	76.1	70	76.1
Missing		6	13.0	2	2.2