Table 3.
Pelvic floor strength in relation to various domains of the PISQ-IR and FSFI scales of sexual function.
| Patient characteristics | Weak N=173 |
Strong N=207 |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age years +/− SD (N) | 53.3 ± 11.5 (160) | 51.3 ± 11.3 (201) | 0.11 |
| Has Partner (%) | 143/160 (89.4) | 165/201 (82.1) | 0.05 |
| BMI, kg/m2±SD (N) | 27.7 ± 4.9 (160) | 27.7 ± 5.1 (186) | 0.91 |
| Postmenopausal (%) | 104/168 (61.9) | 100/205 (48.8) | 0.01 |
| Gravidity, mean ± SD (N) | 2.9 ± 1.48 (172) | 2.84 ± 1.6 (206) | 0.63 |
| Parity mean ± SD (N) | 2.5 ± 1.2 (172) | 2.34 ± 1.2 (206) | 0.19 |
| Mode of Delivery | 0.32 | ||
| All Vaginal | 149/167(89.2) | 161/192(83.9) | |
| All Cesarean | 4/167(2.4) | 7/192(3.7) | |
| Both Vaginal and Cesarean | 14/167(8.4) | 24/192(12.5) | |
| POPQ ≥ stage 2 (%) | 67/166 (40.4) | 57/201 (28.3) | 0.02 |
| Latino or Hispanic (%) | 13/112 (11.6) | 18/154 (11.7) | 1.0 |
| White Race (%) | 143/160 (89.4) | 177/199 (88.9) | 0.38 |
| Stress Urinary Incontinence (%) | 116/173 (67.1) | 151/207 (73.0) | 0.22 |
| Urgency Incontinence | 87/173 (50.3) | 86/207 (41.6) | 0.10 |
| Mixed urinary incontinence (%) | 75/173 (43.4) | 71/207 (34.3) | 0.07 |
| Anal incontinence (%) | 15/173 (8.7) | 21/207 (10.1) | 0.73 |
| Diabetes (%) | 7/172 (4.07) | 14/206 (6.8) | 0.27 |
| Neurologic Disease (%) | 4/171 (2.3) | 11/205 (5.4) | 0.19 |
| Education: Some College or More (%) | 105/154 (68.2) | 143/199 (71.9) | 0.48 |