Table 1: Baseline patient characteristics by indication categories.
| Mean ± SD (Range) | ||||||
| Total (n = 94) | Vault∆ (n = 6) | Vault + Anterior (n = 26) | Vault + Posterior (n = 35) | Vault + Anterior + Posterior (n = 28) | p | |
| Age, years | 69.6 ± 10.5 (36 - 91) | 66.5 ± 13.6 (45 - 81) | 69.0 ± 11.2 (40 - 81) | 71.4 ± 9.2 (54 - 91) | 68.6 ± 10.7 (36 - 85) | 0.4946 |
| Age, no. (%) | 0.2325 | |||||
| ≤ 40 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | |
| > 40 - 50 | 5 (5) | 1 (17) | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | 2 (7) | |
| > 50 - 60 | 9 (10) | 1 (17) | 3 (12) | 5 (14) | 0 (0) | |
| > 60 - 70 | 25 (27) | 1 (17) | 4 (15) | 10 (29) | 10 (37) | |
| > 70 - 80 | 45 (48) | 2 (33) | 15 (58) | 16 (46) | 12 (44) | |
| > 80 - 90 | 7 (7) | 1 (17) | 1 (4) | 3 (9) | 2 (7) | |
| > 90 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| Race, no. (%) | 0.5004 | |||||
| White | 84 (89) | 5 (83) | 22 (85) | 30 (86) | 27 (100) | |
| Asian | 4 (4) | 1 (17) | 1 (4) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Hispanic | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| Other | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| BMI | 25.9 ± 4.1 (11.3 - 34.6) | 26.6 ± 4.1 (22.1 - 31.3) | 25.6 ± 5.5 (11.3 - 34.6) | 25.8 ± 3.4 (17.9 - 33.7) | 26.1 ± 3.6 (19.9 - 32.7) | 0.8911 |
| Follow-up, years | 7.7 ± 4.6 (0.6 - 18.4) | 7.1 ± 7.0 (0.9 - 18.4) | 8.0 ± 3.8 (1.6 - 16.4) | 7.6 ± 4.5 (1.1 - 16.7) | 7.7 ± 4.9 (0.6 - 17.1) | 0.9430 |
| Ever smoker, no. (%) | 16 (17) | 1 (17) | 3 (12) | 8 (23) | 4 (15) | 0.5236 |
| Number of vaginal deliveries | 2.7 ± 1.5 (0 - 8) | 1.8 ± 1.5 (0 - 4) | 2.8 ± 1.6 (0 - 8) | 2.8 ± 1.4 (0 - 6) | 2.7 ± 1.7 (0 - 7) | 0.9896 |
| Prior hysterectomy, no. (%) | 67 (71) | 6 (100) | 12 (46) | 30 (86) | 19 (70) | 0.0050* |
| Concurrent hysterectomy, no. (%) | 23 (24) | 0 (0) | 14 (54) | 2 (6) | 7 (26) | 0.0001* |
| Systemic HRT, no. (%) | 47 (50) | 5 (83) | 11 (42) | 21 (60) | 10 (37) | 0.1640 |
| Vaginal bulge sensation/pressure, no. (%) | 12 (13) | 0 (0) | 4 (15) | 6 (17) | 2 (7) | 0.5841 |
| Prior POP surgery, no. (%) | 26 (28) | 3 (50) | 2 (8) | 11 (31) | 10 (37) | 0.0280* |
∆Due to limited sample size in the vault only category, analyses of overall differences were carried out only for the three other categories, using ANOVA for continuous measures and Fisher's Exact test for categorical measures; *Statistically significant.