Table 5.
Symptoms in nulliparous and parous women.
| Total group
(N = 680) |
Healthy subgroup
(n = 572) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nulliparous (n = 291) | p | Parous (n = 389) | Nulliparous (n = 260) | p | Parous (n = 312) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Bristol stool chart | 0.610 | 0.928 | ||||
| 1–2 | 44 (15.1) | 50 (12.9) | 34 (13.1) | 39 (12.5) | ||
| 3–5 | 222 (76.3) | 300 (77.1) | 206 (79.2) | 251 (80.4) | ||
| 6–7 | 25 (8.6) | 39 (10.0) | 20 (7.7) | 22 (7.1) | ||
| Defecation frequency | 0.134 | 0.390 | ||||
| <3 times per week | 35 (12.0) | 37 (9.5) | 31 (11.9) | 28 (9.0) | ||
| Once every two days up to twice a day | 234 (80.4) | 334 (85.9) | 213 (81.9) | 269 (86.2) | ||
| >3 times a day | 22 (7.6) | 18 (4.6) | 16 (6.2) | 15 (4.8) | ||
| Feels urge before defecating | 0.682 | 0.466 | ||||
| Yes | 225 (77.3) | 311 (79.9) | 199 (76.5) | 251 (80.4) | ||
| Sometimes | 57 (19.6) | 66 (17.0) | 52 (20.0) | 50 (16.1) | ||
| No | 9 (3.1) | 12 (3.1) | 9 (3.5) | 11 (3.5) | ||
| Duration of being able to control bowels after urge | 0.792 | 0.987 | ||||
| <1 minute | 35 (12.0) | 51 (13.1) | 29 (11.2) | 37 (11.9) | ||
| <5 minutes | 64 (22.0) | 88 (22.6) | 55 (21.2) | 65 (20.8) | ||
| <10 minutes | 62 (21.3) | 71 (18.3) | 55 (21.2) | 63 (20.2) | ||
| Never needs to rush | 130 (44.7) | 179 (46.0) | 121 (46.5) | 147 (47.1) | ||
| Needs to rush to toilet at least monthly to prevent fecal incontinence | 30 (10.3) | 0.053 | 61 (15.7) | 22 (8.5) | 0.027 | 46 (14.7) |
| Can differentiate between stool types | 0.701 | 0.545 | ||||
| Yes | 239 (82.1) | 316 (81.2) | 215 (82.7) | 256 (82.1) | ||
| Difficult | 35 (12.0) | 44 (11.3) | 29 (11.2) | 30 (9.6) | ||
| No | 17 (5.8) | 29 (7.5) | 16 (6.2) | 26 (8.3) | ||
| Abdominal pain at least once a month | 93 (32.0) | 0.058 | 98 (25.2) | 77 (29.6) | 0.184 | 76 (24.4) |