. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 15.

Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J. 2014 Jul 11;26(1):65–69. doi: 10.1007/s00192-014-2455-1

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics by pain outcome

	Total number	Pain improved, n (%)	Pain worsened, n (%)	Pain unchanged, n (%)	p value
All patients	233	169 (73)	19 (8)	45 (19)
Mean age (54)		54.5	54.3	54.0	>0.05
Menopause	181	134 (79)	14 (74)	33 (73)	0.62
Prior hysterectomy	189	136 (80)	16 (84)	37 (82)	1.00
Current smoker	58	41 (24)	6 (32)	11 (24)	0.79
Diabetes	23	19 (11)	1 (5)	3 (7)	0.70
Fibromyalgia	17	9 (5)	3 (16)	5 (11)	0.10
Interstitial cystitis	11	6 (4)	1 (5)	4 (9)	0.26
Chronic pelvic pain	28	13 (8)	5 (26)	10 (22)	< 0.01