Table 2.

Provoked vestibulodynia-specific sample characteristics.

	Vaginal swab (V) N = 54	Plasma sample (P) N = 60
	N(%)	N(%)
Unprovokeda	8(14.8)	9 (15)
Onset
Primary	27 (50)	28 (47)
Secondary	27 (50)	32 (53)
	Mean (SD), range	Mean (SD), range
Pain durationb	81.5 (47.8), 36–144	78 (.047.0), 26–144
Total vulvar vestibular pain on examc	44.6 (15.4), 17–77	44.2 (14.5),17–77
Total vaginal muscle tenderness scored	13.87 (6.9), 0–25	13.2 (6.9), 0–25
Female sexual functioning indexe	13.26 (6.07), 1.33–24.9	12.80 (6.20), 1.33–24.9

N=sample size, =standard deviation.

^a8 patients with both provoked and unprovoked vestibulodynia.

^bpain duration in months.

^c2 missing datapoints in plasma.

^d1 missing data point in vaginal swab samples, 4 missing data points in plasma samples.

^e3 missing data points in vaginal swab samples, 6 missing data point in plasma samples.