. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2016 Nov-Dec;22(6):497–500. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000323

Table 4. PB and GH with and without a hysterectomy across POP Stages.

	Hysterectomy Status No hysterectomy N=1061 Hysterectomy N=530	Stage 0,1 N=314	Stage 2 N=807	Stage 3 N=254	Stage 4 N=216	p value across POP stage
PB mean ± SD cm (range)	No Hysterectomy	3.2^a,b ±0.85	3.4^a ±0.91	3.2^a,b ±1.11	3.1^b ±0.98	<0.01
	Prior Hysterectomy	3.4^a,b ±0.82	3.5^a ±0.82	3.2^c ±0.93	3.2^b,c ±0.99	<0.01
	p value between hysterectomy groups	0.04	0.27	0.67	0.62
GH mean ± SD cm (range)	No Hysterectomy	2.7^a ±0.83	3.6^b ±0.95	4.9^c ±1.34	4.0^d ±2.10	<0.01
	Prior Hysterrectomy	2.7^a ±0.89	3.5^b ±1.00	4.8^c ±1.23	3.2^d ±1.34	<0.01
	p value between hysterectomy groups	0.85	0.02	0.59	0.01

Fisher's least significant difference is indicated by superscripts ^a, ^b, ^c, ^d. Means with different letters are significantly different