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Table 3 Pain measurements

From: GCH1-polymorphism and pain sensitivity among women with provoked vestibulodynia

 

Current treatment (n = 38)

Completed treatment (n = 60)

Controls (n = 102)

P-value

 

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1-Q3)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1-Q3)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1-Q3)

 

PPT leg (kPa)

389 (156)

377 (279–454)

417 (164)

403 (316–513)

475 (152)

457 (363–575)

0.006 (ANOVA), 0.004 (K-W)

PPT arm (kPa)

249 (102)

215 (190–288)

279 (136)

248 (188–335)

309 (116)

298 (227–355)

0.028 (ANOVA), 0.004 (K-W)

PPT vestibulum A (g)

43 (28)

30 (23–60)

51 (33)

46 (25–64)

-

-

ns

PPT vestibulum B (g)

27 (19)

20 (13–38)

51 (53)

34 (20–70)

-

-

<0.002 (t-test), <0.05 (M-WU)

Coital VAS pain (0–100)

71 (22)

73 (56–88)

40 (31)

28 (17–68)

-

-

<0.001 (t-test), <0.05 (M-WU)

Bodily pain score (0–5)

2.1 (1.3)

2 (1–3)

2.1 (1.2)

2 (1–3)

0.8 (0.9)

1 (0–1)

<0.001 (ANOVA), <0.001 (K-W)

  1. PPT = Pressure pain threshold, kPa = kilopascal, A = anterior vestibule, B = posterior vestibule, VAS = visual analogue scale, K-W = Kruskal-Wallis test, M-WU = Mann–Whitney U-test.