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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Dec 20;222(6):594.e1–594.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.12.010

Table 1:

Demographic Information for women with dysmenorrhea and controls.

HC (n=44) DYS (n=166) DYSB (n=46) BPS (n=27) Group DYS vs. HC DYSB vs. HC DYS vs. DYSB
Age 23.8 (1.0) 24.5 (0.5) 23.8 (0.9) 29.0 (1.1) 0.003 0.927 1.000 0.919
Education
Completed high school 4 (9.1%) 18 (10.8%) 5 (10.9%) 3 (11.1%) 0.023 0.146 0.085 0.766
Some college 22 (50.0%) 68 (41.0%) 19 (41.3%) 8 (29.6%)
Associate 2 (4.6%) 6 (3.6%) 0 (0.0%) 4 (14.8%)
Bachelor 5 (11.4%) 48 (28.9%) 15 (32.6%) 3 (11.1%)
Postgraduate 11 (25.0%) 26 (15.7%) 7 (15.2%) 9 (33.3%)
Race
White 24 (55.8%) 84 (50.9%) 25 (54.4%) 22 (81.5%) 0.007 0.023 0.183 0.290
African American 2 (4.6%) 39 (23.6%) 8 (17.4%) 3 (11.1%)
Asian 12 (27.9%) 25 (15.1%) 11 (23.9%) 0 (0.0%)
Other 5 (11.6%) 17 (10.3%) 2 (4.3%) 2 (7.4%)
Marital Status
Single 39 (88.6%) 136 (81.9%) 36 (78.3%) 12 (44.4%) 0.011 0.625 0.394 0.932
Living with partner 1 (2.3%) 13 (7.8%) 4 (8.7%) 5 (18.5%)
Married 4 (9.1%) 14 (8.4%) 5 (10.9%) 9 (33.3%)
Separated 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Divorced/widowed 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.2%) 1 (2.2%) 1 (3.7%)
Body mass index 22.1 (0.4) 23.6 (0.4) 23.7 (0.7) 25.2 (1.2) 0.053 0.214 0.385 1.000
Do you smoke cigarettes?
Yes 2 (4.5%) 8 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (7.4%) 0.046 0.936 0.341 0.277
No 39 (88.6%) 144 (86.7%) 43 (93.5%) 18 (66.7%)
Not currently, but used to 3 (6.8%) 14 (8.4%) 3 (6.5%) 7 (25.9%)
Moderate Exercise (Hours/ Week) 6.9 (0.6) 9.0 (0.7) 7.3 (0.8) 8.6 (1.6) 0.293 0.371 0.996 0.522
Vigorous Exercise (Hours/Week) 3.6 (0.4) 3.4 (0.3) 3.4 (0.5) 1.8 (0.4) 0.108 0.994 0.996 1.000

The mean (SEM - standard error of the mean) or sample size (percentage) for each item for each of the 4 groups is shown. Note bivariate contrasts for BPS are not shown fully in Supplemental Table 1. The right 4 columns indicate the significance for contrasts for aggregate group differences, DYS vs. HC, DYSB vs. HC, DYS vs. DYSB. DYS – dysmenorrhea, DYSB-dysmenorrhea with bladder sensitivity, HC healthy controls, BPS bladder pain syndrome