Shorter group No. (%) ( < 7 days)

Longer group No. (%) ( ≥ 7 days)

P-value

Age^a)

n = 309

n = 146

0.225

(years old)

< 50

290 (93.9)

141 (96.6)

≥ 50

19 (6.1)

5 (3.4)

Gravida^b)

n = 301

145

0.660

0

63 (20.9)

33 (22.6)

≥ 1

238 (79.1)

112 (76.7)

Parity^c)

n = 305

n = 145

0.441

0

88 (28.9)

47 (32.4)

≥ 1

217 (71.1)

98 (67.6)

Menstrual

n = 290

n = 131

0.227

Cycle^d)

Regular

212 (73.1)

103 (78.6)

Irregular

78 (26.9)

28 (21.4)

Post- partum^{e), f)}

n = 309

n = 146

0.679

Yes

1 (0.3)

0

No

308 (99.7)

146

BMI^g)

n = 308

n = 146

0.547

< 25

266 (86.4)

123 (84.2)

≥ 25

42 (13.6)

23 (15.8)

Histology^{h), i)}

n = 309

n = 146

0.435

CIN ≤ 2

43 (13.9)

15 (10.2)

CIN3

239 (77.4)

118 (80.8)

AIS

8 (2.6)

2 (1.4)

CIN3+AIS

4 (1.3)

0

Microinvasive or invasive SCC

13 (4.2)

9 (6.2)

others

2 (0.6)

2 (1.4)

Depth of

n = 308

n = 145

0.491

Conization^J)

< 15

153 (49.7)

67 (46.2)

(mm)

≥ 15

155 (50.3)

78 (53.8)

Cervical stenosis^k)

n = 58

n = 14

0.729

Partial obstruction

Menstrual abnormality

34 (58.6)

9 (64.3)

Dysmenorrhea

14 (24.1)

2 (14.3)

Hematometra

2 (3.5)

0

Complete obstruction

8 (13.8)

3 (21.4)