Table 1.
Mean values (SD) of patients’ characteristics in cases with POP either managed by surgery or vaginal pessary
| Parameter | Surgery group N = 252 (100%) |
Pessary group N = 258 (100%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) or mean (± SD) | n (%) or mean (± SD) | ||
| Age (years) | 61.88 (11.86) | 64.48 (13.54) | 0.022 |
| Postmenopausal | 206 (82%) | 214 (83%) | n.s. |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.07(4.57) | 27.37(5.61) | n.s. |
| Hypertension | 70 (28%) | 74 (29%) | 0.005 |
| COPD | 52 (21%) | 79 (31%) | 0.014 |
| Polypharmacy | 38 (15%) | 45 (17%) | 0.002 |
| Parity | 2.24 (1.28) | 2.24 (1.49) | n.s. |
| POP-Q stage | 0.0001 | ||
| Stage II | 56 (22%) | 111 (43%) | |
| Stage III | 136 (54%) | 126 (49%) | |
| Stage IV | 60 (25%) | 21 (8%) | |
| Mode of delivery | n.s. | ||
| SVD | 200 (79%) | 182 (71%) | |
| Vaginal operative | 14 (6%) | 9 (3%) | |
| Caesarean section | 7 (3%) | 6 (2%) | |
| No delivery | 3 (1%) | 5 (2%) | |
| Missing data | 28 (11%) | 56 (22%) | |
| Smoking | 12 (5%) | 21(8%) | n.s |
n.s. not significant, p > 0.05; SD standard deviation; SVD spontaneous vaginal delivery