Signs of genital prolapse in a Swedish population of women 20 to 59 years of age and possible related factors☆,☆☆,★
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Subjects and methods
Women 20 to 59 years old in a primary health care district (11,000 inhabitants) in an urban area in mid-Sweden are regularly invited to a gynecologic health examination every third year unless they have had a cervical smear taken during the past year. Women scheduled for health examination during 1993 were invited to participate in this study. Exclusion criteria were, in addition to a cervical smear taken during the last year, ongoing pregnancy, lactation, or mental retardation.
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Genital prolapse
Characteristics of the study population are shown in Table I.
Empty Cell Mean SD Age (y) 39.0 12.68 Weight (kg) 64.9 9.65 Parity (%) Nulliparous 45.7 Uniparous 17.5 Biparous 23.6 Triparous 10.3 Quadriparous or pentaparous 2.9 Smoking (%) Never 46.4 Formerly or occasionally 26.3 Daily 27.3 Postmenopausal (%) 17.7 Cesarean section (% of deliveries) 5.9 Episiotomy (% of deliveries) 24.3 Estrogen treatment in women >44 y (%) 25.8 Estradiol 16.5 Estriol in low dose 9.3
Comment
The study population is representative of a female population in these ages and has previously been described.12 The International Continence Society standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction3 was not available at the time the study was performed. In a comparison between the International Continence Society grading system and the traditional vaginal profile,14 there was significant interobserver agreement by overall stage, stage-specific
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