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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2021 May 1;27(5):289–296. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000848

Table 3:

Univariate analysis of risk of the incidence and persistence of pelvic floor symptoms and support by oxytocin exposure

Pelvic Floor Symptom Domains and Support Incidence among women exposed to oxytocin Incidence among women not exposed to oxytocin Oxytocin exposure and risk of incident symptoms/sign: RR (95% CI) Persistence among women exposed to oxytocin Persistence among women not exposed to oxytocin Oxytocin exposure and risk of persistent symptoms/sign: RR (95% CI)
Pelvic organ prolapse 18/281 (6.4%) 19/341 (5.6%) 1.15 (0.62, 2.15) 1/23 (4.4%) 4/18 (22.2%) 0.20 (0.02, 1.60)
Stress urinary incontinence 27/113 (23.9%) 34/133 (25.6%) 0.93 (0.60, 1.45) 114/192 (59.4%) 124/230 (53.9%) 1.10 (0.93, 1.30)
Urgency urinary incontinence 49/269 (18.2%) 46/328 (14.0%) 1.30 (0.90, 1.88) 20/36 (55.6%) 11/33 (33.3%) 1.67 (0.95, 2.93)
Pain/voiding dysfunction 30/195 (15.3%) 44/237 (18.6%) 0.83 (0.54, 1.27) 29/110 (26.4%) 38/126 (30.2%) 0.87 (0.58, 1.32)
Anal incontinence 33/219 (15.1%) 37/274 (13.5%) 1.12 (0.72, 1.72) 41/86 (47.7%) 38/88 (43.2%) 1.10 (0.80, 1.53)
Defecating dysfunction 38/150 (25.3%) 50/182 (27.5%) 0.92 (0.64, 1.32) 87/155 (56.1%) 106/181 (58.6%) 0.96 (0.80, 1.15)
Maximal vaginal descent ≥ 0 cm 35/300 (11.7%) 60/364 (16.5%) 0.71 (0.48, 1.04) 5/10 (50%) 3/12 (25.0%) 2.00 (0.63, 6.38)

Incidence = Symptom present postpartum/ Symptom absent in third trimester

Persistence =Symptom present postpartum/Symptom present in third trimester