Correlation between the female pelvic floor biomechanical parameters and the severity of stress urinary incontinence

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

	Study Group (N = 31)
Age (years, mean ± SD)	55 ± 11
Gravida (median, range)	3 (1–5)
Parity (median, range)	2 (1–3)
BMI (kg/m², mean ± SD)	27.6 ± 5.8
History of vaginal delivery (n, %)	28 (90)
Postmenopausal (n, %)	18 (58)
PGI-S (mean ± SD)	3.0 ± 0.8
The severity of SUI according to PGI-S
Mild (n, %)	8 (26)
Severe (n, %)	23 (74)
MESA SUI index (%, mean ± SD)	54 ± 20
MESA UUI index (%, mean ± SD)	15 ± 13
MESA SUI score (mean ± SD)	14.5 ± 5.3
The severity of SUI, according to MESA
Mild (n, %)	7 (23)
Moderate (n, %)	15 (48)
Severe (n, %)	9 (29)
MESA UUI score (mean ± SD)	2.6 ± 2.4

BMI: Body mass index, PGI-S: Patient Global Impression of Severity and Improvement question, Stress urinary incontinence severity category according to PGI-S scores 1 to 2 is assigned as mild, and 3 to 4 as severe. SUI: stress urinary incontinence, UUI: urge urinary incontinence, MESA: Medical, epidemiologic, and social aspects of aging urinary incontinence questionnaire, Stress urinary incontinence severity category according to MESA: scores of 1 to 9 is assigned as mild, 10 to 18 as moderate, and 19 to 27 as severe

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