Figure 2. Severity of Symptoms in a Study of the Effect of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser vs Sham Treatment on Women With Postmenopausal Vaginal Symptoms.

A and B, Visual analog scale (VAS) scores range from 0 to 100, with 0 indicating no symptoms and 100 indicating maximal symptom severity. C, The Vulvovaginal Symptom Questionnaire (VSQ) is a is a 21-item validated instrument used to measure vulvovaginal symptoms in postmenopausal women. It assesses 4 domains (symptoms, emotion, life-impact, and sex-impact) with possible scores ranging from 0 to 20, where 0 indicates no symptoms and 20 indicates severe symptoms. The line represents the median, boxes represent the IQR, whiskers represent the range (excluding outliers), and dots represent outliers greater than 1.5 box lengths (ie, IQR) from the median.