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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul;197(1):92.e1–92.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.072

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics for All Women and For Women by Race/Ethnicity

All N=655 Hispanic n = 72 White n = 480 Black n = 44 Other n = 58 p-value
Sociodemographic
 Age (yrs) 51.9 ± 10.3 49.8 ± 9.1 52.5 ± 10.4 49.0 ± 10.2 51.3 ± 10.6 0.04
 Education, = HS/GED 225 (34) 37 (51) 149 (31) 17 (39) 21 (36) 0.002
 SES: Occupational Score 56.9 ± 24.6 49.3 ± 24.6 59.7 ± 23.7 48.4 ± 24.8 49.8 ± 27.3 <0.0001
Health Status and History
 BMI kg/m2 mean ±SD 30.0 ± 6.1 30.8 ± 5.6 29.6 ± 5.9 34.4 ± 7.5 28.7 ± 5.9 <0.0001
 POP-Q Stage: 0–I 162 (24.7) 25 (35) 108 (23) 14 (32) 15 (26) 0.008
 II 387 (59.1) 43 (60) 279 (58) 28 (64) 36 (62)
 III–IV 106 (16.2) 4 (5) 93 (19) 2 (4) 7 (12)
 Pelvic floor strength 9.0 ± 2.1 8.8 ± 1.8 9.0 ± 2.1 9.6 ± 2.0 8.4 ± 2.3 0.04
 Number of vaginal deliveries 2.6 ± 1.5 2.4 ± 1.6 2.6 ± 1.5 2.7 ± 1.9 2.8 ± 1.7 0.43
 Prior UI surgery/treatment 338 (52) 42 (58) 244 (51) 18 (41) 34 (59) 0.21
Severity of UI
 Stress UI symptoms 19.3 ± 4.6 19.9 ± 4.5 19.4 ± 4.7 18.5 ± 4.3 19.2 ± 4.4 0.42
 Urge UI symptoms 6.5 ± 3.9 7.1 ± 3.8 6.3 ± 3.9 6.7 ± 4.5 6.8 ± 3.7 0.33
 Accidents per day 3.2 ± 3.0 3.6 ± 3.1 3.2 ± 3.0 3.3 ± 3.1 3.0 ± 2.5 0.68
Urodynamic Measures:
 NIF Qmax 25.5 ± 11.2 26.5 ± 10.0 25.6 ± 11.4 24.2 ± 12.6 24.2 ± 10.0 0.61
 NIF Time to max flow 11.6 ±11.2 9.8 ± 7.9 12.0 ± 12.3 11.2 ± 7.0 10.3 ± 7.5 0.35
 NIF Voided volume 308.8 ±133.6 297.6 ±107.9 313.2 ±140.7 289.6 ±114.0 301.4 ±119.5 0.58
 NIF PVR 24.8 ± 37.5 19.7 ± 30.0 26.3 ± 39.7 22.8 ± 30.7 20.7 ± 33.0 0.44
 CMG Volume at first desire 142.1 ± 96.0 127.1 ± 68.4 146.8 ±102.5 145.5 ± 86.9 118.4 ± 69.7 0.09
 CMG MCC 391.6 ±137.8 358.5 ± 104.8 404.5 ± 143.2 354.2 ± 115.6 352.7 ± 126.9 0.001
 CMG Detrusor overactivity 60 (9) 11 (15) 39 (8) 2 (5) 8 (14) 0.10
 CMG VLPP 116.6 ±37.5 109.0 ± 30.9 116.8 ± 38.2 122.6 ± 36.8 119.2 ± 39.5 0.38
Symptom Bother
 UDI 151 ± 48.6 156.9 ± 52.8 147.2 ± 47.2 161.0 ± 49.4 167.3 ± 50.8 0.006

All values reported as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation