Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of women in the MI SWAN population, by self-reported vulvar pain
From: Chronic vulvar pain in a cohort of post-menopausal women: Atrophy or Vulvodynia?
Total | Current Chronic Vulvar Pain | Past/Short-term Vulvar Pain | No Vulvar Pain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | N (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value 6 |
Race | < .01 | ||||
White | 142 (38.3 %) | 10 (66.7 %) | 27 (52.9 %) | 105 (34.4 %) | |
African American | 229 (61.7 %) | 5 (33.3 %) | 24 (47.1 %) | 200 (65.5 %) | |
Education at Baseline1 | .05 | ||||
High School or less | 108 (30.1 %) | 2 (15.4 %) | 9 (18.0 %) | 97 (32.8 %) | |
At least some college | 251 (69.9 %) | 11 (84.6 %) | 41 (82.0 %) | 199 (67.2 %) | |
Marital Status2 | .65 | ||||
Married | 188 (55.8 %) | 10 (66.7 %) | 27 (57.5 %) | 151 (54.9 %) | |
Not Married | 149 (44.2 %) | 5 (33.3 %) | 20 (42.5 %) | 124 (45.1 %) | |
Sexually Active in Last 6 Months 3 | .40 | ||||
Yes | 120 (39.7 %) | 7 (58.3 %) | 18 (40.0 %) | 95 (38.8 %) | |
No | 182 (60.3 %) | 5 (41.7 %) | 27 (60.0 %) | 150 (61.2 %) | |
BMI4 | .02 | ||||
<25 kg/m2 | 47 (14.2 %) | 3 (21.4 %) | 12 (26.7 %) | 32 (11.7 %) | |
25 - <30 kg/m2 | 81 (24.4 %) | 6 (42.9 %) | 9 (20.0 %) | 66 (24.2 %) | |
> = 30 kg/m2 | 204 (61.4 %) | 5 (35.7 %) | 24 (53.3 %) | 175 (64.1 %) | |
Currently Use HT | < .01 | ||||
Yes | 17 (4.6 %) | 2 (13.3 %) | 9 (17.6 %) | 6 (2.0 %) | |
No | 354 (95.4 %) | 13 (86.7 %) | 42 (82.4 %) | 299 (98.0 %) | |
Ever Used HT | < .01 | ||||
Yes | 137 (36.9 %) | 7 (46.7 %) | 30 (58.8 %) | 100 (32.8 %) | |
No | 234 (63.1 %) | 8 (53.3 %) | 21 (41.2 %) | 205 (67.2 %) | |
History of Hysterectomy | .21 | ||||
Yes | 63 (17.0 %) | 2 (13.3 %) | 13 (25.5 %) | 48 (15.7 %) | |
No | 308 (83.0 %) | 13 (86.7 %) | 38 (74.5 %) | 257 (84.3 %) | |
Urogenital Symptoms in previous 2 weeks | |||||
Dryness | < .01 | ||||
0 days | 272 (73.3 %) | 4 (26.7 %) | 33 (64.7 %) | 235 (77.1 %) | |
1-5 days | 53 (14.3 %) | 3 (20.0 %) | 9 (17.6 %) | 41 (13.4 %) | |
6-14 days | 46 (12.4 %) | 8 (53.3 %) | 9 (17.6 %) | 29 (9.5 %) | |
Soreness2 | < .01 | ||||
0 days | 318 (94.4 %) | 10 (66.7 %) | 44 (93.6 %) | 264 (96.0 %) | |
1-5 days | 15 (4.4 %) | 3 (20.0 %) | 3 (6.4 %) | 9 (3.3 %) | |
6-14 days | 4 (1.2 %) | 2 (13.3 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 2 (0.7 %) | |
Irritation2 | < .01 | ||||
0 days | 280 (83.1 %) | 8 (53.3 %) | 35 (74.5 %) | 237 (86.2 %) | |
1-5 days | 43 (12.8 %) | 3 (20.0 %) | 10 (21.3 %) | 30 (10.9 %) | |
6-14 days | 14 (4.2 %) | 4 (26.7 %) | 2 (4.3 %) | 8 (2.9 %) | |
History of Reported Dryness | |||||
Dry Before FMP/Hysterectomy5 | .46 | ||||
Yes | 126 (46.7 %) | 7 (63.6 %) | 16 (50.0 %) | 103 (45.4 %) | |
No | 144 (53.3 %) | 4 (36.4 %) | 16 (50.0 %) | 124 (54.6 %) | |
Dry After FMP/Hysterectomy5 | .01 | ||||
Yes | 232 (62.5 %) | 10 (90.9 %) | 23 (71.9 %) | 124 (54.6 %) | |
No | 139 (37.5 %) | 1 (9.1 %) | 9 (28.1 %) | 103 (34.3 %) |