TABLE 2.

Common symptoms of GSM.

Common symptoms	Non-treated group (n = 50)						MHT group (n = 50)						P-values
	Asymptomatic	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extremely severe	Mean ± SD (Mean)	Asymptomatic	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Extremely severe	Mean ± SD (Mean)
Vulvovaginal symptom						2.32 ± 0.36 (2)						1.06 ± 0.18 (1)	< 0.01
Dryness	30.00%	36.00%	20.00%	10.00%	4.00%	1.22 ± 0.16 (1)	58.00%	26.00%	16.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.58 ± 0.11 (0)	<0.005
Itching	62.00%	20.00%	6.00%	12.00%	0.00%	0.68 ± 0.15 (0)	68.00%	22.00%	10.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.42 ± 0.10 (0)	0.366
Burning	78.00%	10.00%	4.00%	8.00%	0.00%	0.42 ± 0.13 (0)	96.00%	2.00%	2.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.06 ± 0.04 (0)	< 0.01
Urological symptom						0.94 ± 0.19 (0)						0.52 ± 0.16 (0)	0.051
Frequent, urgent, and painful urination	70.00%	18.00%	10.00%	2.00%	0.00%	0.44 ± 0.11 (0)	84.00%	14.00%	2.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.18 ± 0.06 (0)	0.072
Recurrent urinary tract infection	90.00%	2.00%	8.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.18 ± 0.08 (0)	96.00%	0.00%	4.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.08 ± 0.06 (0)	0.436
Incontinence	74.00%	20.00%	6.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.32 ± 0.08 (0)	84.00%	10.00%	2.00%	4.00%	0.00%	0.26 ± 0.10 (0)	0.305
Sexual symptom						2.58 ± 0.17 (3)						1.62 ± 0.20 (1)	< 0.005
Decreased libido	8.00%	8.00%	32.00%	22.00%	30.00%	2.58 ± 0.17 (3)	77.80%	24.00%	20.00%	14.00%	14.00%	1.62 ± 0.20 (1)	<0.005
GSM						5.84 ± 0.49 (5)						3.20 ± 0.41 (2.5)	< 0.005

P-value in bold indicates statistical difference is significant.