Table 1.
Study participant characteristics. Participants are divided in three age groups: premenopausal < 45; perimenopausal 45–59; postmenopausal > 60.
| Premenopausal (n = 125) |
Perimenopausal (n = 76) |
Postmenopausal (n = 110) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogen (n missing = 18), n (%) | 0.0023 | |||
| No pathogen | 52 (44%) | 15 (20%) | 38 (37%) | |
| Primary pathogen | 60 (51%) | 52 (68%) | 52 (50%) | |
| Other uropathogen(s) | 5 (4%) | 7 (9%) | 14 (13%) | |
| Use of painkillers (n missing = 16) n (%) | 28 (24%) | 23 (31%) | 44 (41%) | 0.0245 |
| Days of symptoms before consultation (n missing = 11), median [QR1;QR3] | 3 [2;5] | 3 [1;4] | 3 [2;6] | 0.1043 |
| Number of previous UTI within past year (n missing = 13), median [QR1;QR3] | 0 [0;1] | 1 [0;2] | 1 [0;2] | 0.0422 |
| Social class (n missing = 122), n (%) | 0.0002 | |||
| 1 (highest) | 5 (7%) | 7 (14%) | 3 (4%) | |
| 2 | 24 (33%) | 15 (29%) | 24 (36%) | |
| 3 | 3 (4%) | 3 (6%) | 8 (12%) | |
| 4 | 14 (19%) | 15 (29%) | 29 (43%) | |
| 5 (lowest) | 27 (37%) | 11 (22%) | 3 (4%) | |
| Employment (n missing = 13), n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Working | 68 (59%) | 64 (85%) | 21 (19%) | |
| During education | 37 (32%) | 1 (1%) | 0 | |
| Job seeking | 6 (5%) | 3 (4%) | 0 | |
| Early retirement pay, stay-at-home, etc. | 5 (4%) | 7 (9%) | 88 (81%) |