Subgroups of pelvic pain are differentially associated with endometriosis and inflammatory comorbidities: a latent class analysis.

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Abstract

Chronic pelvic pain is heterogeneous with potentially clinically informative subgroups. We aimed to identify subgroups of pelvic pain based on symptom patterns and investigate their associations with inflammatory and chronic pain-related comorbidities. Latent class analysis (LCA) identified subgroups of participants (n = 1255) from the Adolescence to Adulthood (A2A) cohort. Six participant characteristics were included in the LCA: severity, frequency, and impact on daily activities of both menstruation-associated (cyclic) and non-menstruation-associated (acyclic) pelvic pain. Three-step LCA quantified associations between LC subgroups, demographic and clinical variables, and 18 comorbidities (10 with prevalence ≥10%). Five subgroups were identified: none or minimal (23%),

SUBMITTER: Ghiasi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11333181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature