The role of pelvic floor ultrasound correlated with pelvic organ prolapse quantification in the assessment of anterior and apical compartments of pelvic organ prolapse

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 General clinical background of the studied groups

Studied variables	Control		Case		P value
Studied variables	N	%	N	%	P value
Hypertension
No	26	86.7	28	52.8	0.002*
Yes	4	13.3	25	47.2
DM
No	27	90	33	62.3	0.007*
Yes	3	10	20	37.7
Hypertension and DM
No	30	100	42	79.2	< 0.001*
Yes	0	0	11	20.8
Heavy weightlifting
No	18	60	10	18.9	< 0.001*
Yes	12	40	43	81.1
Smoking
No	29	96.7	48	90.6	0.303
Yes	1	3.3	5	9.4
Chronic cough
No	27	90	26	49.1	< 0.001*
Yes	3	10	27	50.9
Chronic constipation
No	25	83.3	21	39.6	< 0.001*
Yes	5	16.7	32	60.4
Family history of prolapse or hernia
No	22	73.3	12	22.6	< 0.001*
Yes	8	26.7	41	77.4