Clinical Study
Distensibility and Strength of the Pelvic Floor Muscles of Women in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
Table 1
Patient distribution according to demographic characteristics.
| Variable | Group | | Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum | Median | P |
| Age | Nulliparous | 30 | 26.10 | 4.93 | 20.00 | 39.00 | 25.00 | 0.007* | Multiparous | 30 | 29.90 | 5.60 | 21.00 | 39.00 | 28.00 |
| Gestational age | Nulliparous | 30 | 36.50 | 1.28 | 35.00 | 39.00 | 36.00 | 0.677* | Multiparous | 30 | 36.63 | 1.18 | 35.00 | 39.00 | 36.50 |
| BMI | Nulliparous | 30 | 27.06 | 3.77 | 20.58 | 37.36 | 26.04 | <0.001* | Multiparous | 30 | 31.79 | 5.33 | 23.31 | 44.53 | 30.52 |
| Number of pregnancies | Nulliparous | 30 | 1.26 | 0.58 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | <0.001** | Multiparous | 30 | 2.60 | 0.93 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 |
| Number of abortions | Nulliparous | 30 | 0.26 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.991** | Multiparous | 30 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
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BMI: body mass index.
*Student’s t-test; **Mann-Whitney.
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