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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2011 Mar;17(2):80–90. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e31820e5d06

Table 5.

Results of Proportional Hazards Model for WHI Prolapse Grade 2 or 3 in Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics

Baseline
Characteristic
White
N=11,185
Black
N=800
Hispanic
N=665
HR* 95% CI p-value HR* 95% CI p-value HR* 95% CI p-value
Age 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.01 1.05 (1.01, 1.09) 0.03 1.05 (1.01, 1.09) 0.17
Parity (vs. Never had a term
pregnancy)
<.0001 0.008 0.004
   1 2.50 (1.68, 3.71) 0.77 (0.05, 12.40) - -
   2 3.31 (2.36, 4.63) 4.35 (0.56, 33.97) - -
   3 3.75 (2.69, 5.23) 3.86 (0.48, 30.77) - -
   4 4.86 (3.48, 6.80) 6.12 (0.75, 50.21) - -
   5+ 5.29 (3.79, 7.38) 10.41 (1.38, 78.77) - -
Smoking (vs. Never
smoked)
<.0001 0.06 0.33
   Past smoker 0.74 (0.66, 0.83) 0.48 (0.25, 0.92) 1.33 (0.79, 2.24)
   Current smoker 0.52 (0.41, 0.66) 0.48 (0.16, 1.44) 0.50 (0.12, 2.15)
Moderate/Severe
constipation
1.04 (0.84, 1.29) 0.70 0.99 (0.38, 2.55) 0.98 0.50 (0.22, 1.11) 0.09
Asthma 0.95 (0.75, 1.20) 0.68 2.16 (0.91, 5.14) 0.08 0.62 (0.19, 2.06) 0.43
Emphysema 1.18 (0.86, 1.62) 0.31 1.44 (0.40, 5.13) 0.58 1.27 (0.29, 5.66) 0.75
Total hormone usage (vs.
Never used)
0.33 0.06 0.77
   Past user 1.06 (0.93, 1.21) 1.37 (0.67, 2.82) 1.23 (0.68, 2.22)
   Current user 1.17 (0.93, 1.46) 3.33 (1.22, 9.06) 0.92 (0.33, 2.59)
E+P Treatment (vs. Placebo) 1.17 (1.05, 1.30) 0.005 1.02 (0.58, 1.80) 0.95 0.74 (0.45, 1.20) 0.22
Incontinence (vs. Never) 0.002 0.99 0.78
   Stress 1.15 (0.98, 1.34) 0.91 (0.39, 2.12) 0.73 (0.39, 1.36)
   Urge 1.36 (1.17, 1.59) 0.94 (0.49, 1.82) 1.07 (0.56, 2.03)
   Mixed 1.27 (1.06, 1.52) 0.71 (0.17, 3.09) 0.96 (0.41, 2.24)
   Other 1.09 (0.82, 1.43) - - 1.33 (0.40, 4.48)
Waist circumference
> 88 cm
1.24 (1.06, 1.45) 0.007 0.67 (0.31, 1.44) 0.30 1.02 (0.48, 2.16) 0.96
Physical activity 0.99 (0.94, 1.03) 0.53 1.01 (0.80, 1.27) 0.92 1.07 (0.88, 1.31) 0.50
BMI (vs.
<25 kg/m2)
0.01 0.29 0.3909
   25-<30 kg/m2 1.25 (1.08, 1.46) 1.23 (0.47, 3.24) 1.13 (0.53, 2.42)
   ≥ 30 kg/m2 1.23 (1.00, 1.50) 2.12 (0.73, 6.19) 1.82 (0.70, 4.73)
*

multi-variable adjusted HR