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. 2017 Aug 1;5(3):e184–e195. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2017.07.001

Table 5.

Associated clinical factors (multivariable regression)

Risk factor Anatomic site
Bladder (tender vs non-tender)
Pelvic floor (tender vs non-tender)
Cervix and uterus (tender vs non-tender)
Cul-de-sac or uterosacral ligaments (tender vs non-tender)
Exp[b] (95% CI) P value Exp[b] (95% CI) P value Exp[b] (95% CI) P value Exp[b] (95% CI) P value
Endometriosis <.001
 Present 3.54 (2.00–6.25) <.001
 Suspected 6.87 (3.69–12.8) <.001
 Excluded reference
Painful bladder syndrome 2.90 (1.77–4.76) <.001 1.68 (1.12–2.50) .011 1.62 (1.11–2.38) .013
Age 0.94 (0.91–0.97) .001 0.96 (0.94–0.99) .012
Depression (PHQ-9) 1.05 (1.01–1.09) .008 1.07 (1.03–1.10) <.001
Pain Catastrophizing Scale 1.03 (1.01–1.04) <.001
Miscarriage 2.24 (1.42–3.53) .001
Family history of chronic pain .009 .016
 Yes 1.81 (1.01–3.24) .045 1.96 (1.23–3.11) .005
 Don’t know 2.45 (1.37–4.39) .003 1.40 (0.87–2.24) .16
 No reference reference
Education§ 0.84 (0.73–0.97) .015 0.80 (0.70–0.91) .001
Income§ 0.87 (0.76–0.98) .025
Red meat consumption§ 1.41 (1.06–1.89) .019

CI = confidence interval; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Quality–9.

Categorical variable.

Binary variable.

Continuous variable.

§

Ordinal variable (see Table 4).