Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2009 May;20(5):489–497. doi: 10.1007/s00192-009-0805-1

Table 2. Association of potential predictors with initial success at 10 weeks controlling for treatment group.

Failure
(N=94)
Success
(N=175)
P-value *
Demographic Characteristics
Age - Mean (SD) 60.2 (13.3) 55.9 (13.8) 0.02
Ethnicity - % 0.67
 Hispanic 8.5 8.6
 Non-Hispanic Whites 67.0 61.5
 Non-Hispanic Blacks 16.0 20.1
 Other 8.5 9.8
Education - % 0.40
 0:<=HS/GED 20.2 25.7
 1:>HS 79.8 74.3
Household Income - % 0.86
 1: <$20,000 24.7 23.9
 2: $20,000-$49,999 36.5 35.0
 3: $50,000-$79,999 23.5 22.1
 4: >=$80,000 15.3 19.0
Occupational Score - Mean (SD) 61 (24.4) 61.8 (23.5) 0.61
Baseline Incontinence Characteristics
Mesa Urge Score - Mean (SD) 10.9 (3.3) 11.3 (3.5) 0.38
Mesa Stress Score - Mean (SD) 11.2 (6) 10.7 (6.1) 0.46
Number of Incontinence Episodes per week on Bladder Diary - Mean (SD) 3.5 (2.1) 3.8 (2.5) 0.27
IIQ scores - Mean (SD) 152.1 (90.4) 150.4 (102.3) 0.89
OAB-q score - Mean (SD) 62.3 (22.2) 62.2 (24.4) 0.97
Duration of Incontinence - Mean (SD) 9.6 (8.9) 9.9 (11) 0.83
Prior Treatment/Surgery for Incontinence - % 0.32
 Yes 36.2 43.4
 No 63.8 56.6
Medical History and Physical Exam
Self assessment of Overall Health -% 0.36
 1: Excellent 9.6 12.6
 2: Very Good 36.1 34.8
 3: Good 29.8 36.6
 4: Fair 21.3 14.3
 5: Poor 3.2 1.7
Fluid Intake - Mean (SD) 62.9 (24.5) 66.5 (29) 0.24
Current Estrogen Use - % 0.18
 Post-menopausal on HRT 17.0 17.1
 Post-menopausal not on HRT 56.4 45.1
 Pre-menopausal 26.6 37.7
Diabetes - % 0.43
 Yes 14.9 11.4
 No 85.1 88.6
Body Mass Index - Mean (SD) 32.9 (7.1) 32.9 (9.1) 0.96
POP-Q scores (Stage) - % 0.99
 Stage 0/I 61.7 60.9
 Stage II 35.1 36.2
 Stage III/IV 3.2 2.9
POPQ_AA - - Mean (SD) -1.9 (1.1) -1.9 (1.1) 0.79
POPQ_BA - - Mean (SD) -1.8 (1.2) -1.9 (1.1) 0.59
POPQ_Bp - - Mean (SD) -2.2 (1) -2.1 (1.1) 0.27
POPQ_C - - Mean (SD) -6.7 (3) -7.1 (2.8) 0.32
Pelvic floor muscle strength (Brinks) 8.7 (1.8) 8.9 (1.7) 0.31
Fecal Incontinence - % 0.53
 Yes 18.1 21.1
 No 81.9 78.9
SF-12
 PCS12 - Mean (SD) 44.4 (12.5) 45.1 (10.7) 0.72
 MCS12 - Mean (SD) 49.2 (9.7) 48.3 (10.8) 0.55
HUI2 Overall - Mean (SD) 0.8 (0.1) 0.8 (0.2) 0.62

Note: P-values are from logistic regression models including each covariate separately controlling for treatment group