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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study cohort

From: Laparoscopic uterosacral ligament suspension versus sacrospinous ligament fixation for apical prolapse: perioperative outcomes

 

USLS (N = 113)

SSLF (N = 109)

p value

Age (mean) a

59 (± 13)

63 (± 12)

0.03

BMI a

28 (± 5)

28 (± 6)

0.88

Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) b

36 (32)

34 (32)

0.95

Ethnicity b

  

0.39

 Hispanic

33 (29)

26 (24)

 

 Non-Hispanic

80 (71)

82 (76)

 

Race b

  

0.42

 Black

1 (1)

1 (1)

 

 White

102 (94)

94 (86)

 

 Other

6 (6)

11 (10)

 

Medical problems b,c

23 (20)

28 (26)

0.35

Smoking history b

  

0.23

 Never

70 (62)

79 (72)

 

 Current

12 (11)

7 (6)

 

 Former

31 (27)

23 (21)

 

Parity b

  

0.53

 0

6 (5)

1 (1)

 

 1

14 (12)

11 (10)

 

 2

31 (27)

37 (34)

 

 3+

62 (55)

56 (51)

 

Post-menopausal b

85 (75)

94 (86)

0.04

Prior hysterectomy b

13 (12)

44 (40)

< 0.01

Prior surgery for pelvic organ prolapse b

9 (8)

22 (20)

0.01

Baseline POP-Q stage b

  

0.19

 Stage 2

63 (55)

52 (48)

 

 Stage 3

47 (42)

48 (44)

 

 Stage 4

3 (3)

9 (8)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, POP-Q pelvic organ prolapse quantification
  2. aData expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables
  3. bData expressed as N (%) for categorical variables
  4. cMedical comorbidities is defined as 1 or more disorder on the Charlson Comorbidity Index