Table 1.

Weighted Study Sample Characteristics, Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey

	Percent or Mean ± Standard Deviation
Variable	Men	Women	p†
Age categories			0.03
30–39	26.7%	24.8%
40–49	28.6%	26.2%
50–59	22.2%	24.3%
60–69	14.3%	16.1%
70–79	8.2%	8.7%
Race/Ethnicity			0.02
Black	25.1%	29.9%
Hispanic	13.0%	13.3%
White	61.9%	56.8%
Urine leakage			<.001
None	82.1%	69.5%
Mild	11.8%	17.9%
Moderate	5.2%	7.5%
Severe	0.9%	5.1%
Waist circumference (cm)	97.9 ± 14.3	90.3 ± 16.9	<.001
Socioeconomic status			<.001
Low	24.3%	30.8%
Medium	49.1%	45.3%
High	26.6%	23.9%
Heart disease	9.6%	7.5%	0.08
Asthma	14.3%	18.9%	0.004
Arthritis	17.3%	29.0%	<0.001
Hyperlipidemia	28.4%	28.4%	0.99
Depressive symptoms	14.0%	20.1%	<0.001
Taking antidepressants	11.9%	17.1%	0.006
Stroke	1.8%	1.2%	0.26
Vascular diseases	6.4%	7.3%	0.35
Chronic lung disease	5.8%	7.6%	0.11
Diabetes	9.3%	9.6%	0.82
High blood pressure	26.2%	28.3%	0.22
Parkinson’s disease	0.12%	0.23%	0.37
Any vaginal birth(s)	---	32.4%	---
Menopause/hormone status			---
Pre-menopausal	---	24.0%
Peri-menopausal	---	21.6%
Post-menopausal	---	21.9%
Undetermined	---	2.9%
Surgical, no hormones	---	12.9%
Surgical, with hormones	---	2.9%
Hormone replacement therapy	---	2.7%
Oral contraceptives	---	10.2%
Raloxifene HCL	---	0.5%
Progesterone only	---	0.4%
Alcohol intake (drinks/day)			<0.001
None	27.5%	41.7%
<1	38.9%	43.2%
1–2.9	24.1%	12.9%
3+	9.6%	2.2%
Smoking status			<0.001
Never	28.9%	27.1%
Former	28.9%	27.1%
Current	32.2%	23.1%
Physical activity			<0.001
Low	26.8%	27.8%
Medium	47.4%	53.6%
High	25.8%	18.5%

^†p-values for gender difference are from chi-square tests for all variables except waist circumference which was tested using a F test from analysis of variance.