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. 2009 Feb 11;116(5):700–707. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02107.x

Table 2.

Prevalence of incontinence 6 months after delivery among women who were continent before pregnancy according to mode of delivery and continence status in week 30

Urinary incontinence 6 months after delivery
All Incontinent women
Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR* Adjusted RR* 95% CI
N n %
Continence status week 30
Continent 7451 1562 21 1 1 1 Reference
Incontinent 5026 2421 48 3.5 3.5 2.3 2.2–2.4
Mode of delivery
Elective CS 354 43 13 1 1 1 Reference
Acute CS intended as elective CS 45 7 16 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.6–3.1
Acute CS intended as SVD 1322 220 17 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.0–2.1
Unspecified CS 66 11 17 1.4 1.5 1.3 0.7–3.2
SVD 8908 3010 34 3.7 4.7 3.2 2.5–3.9
Vacuum 1647 587 36 4.0 5.1 3.3 2.6–4.0
Forceps 309 113 37 4.2 5.5 3.5 2.6–4.3

Pvalue ≤0.001 for all estimates except for acute CS intended as elective CS, acute CS intended as SVD and unspecified CS. Women with missing data were excluded in analyses of continence status in week 30.

*

Adjusted for age and BMI.