TABLE 1.

Demographic and medical characteristics of men and women with and without urinary incontinence (UI)*, Boston Area Community Health Survey, N=5,021.

	Women UI (N=252)	Women No UI (N=2646)	p value†	Men UI (N=100)	Men No UI (N=2023)	p value†
Mean age (SE)	53.3 (1.6)	48.1 (0.5)	<0.01	52.2 (2.2)	46.3 (0.4)	<0.01
Race/ethnicity			0.06			0.86
% Black	29.7	30.6		24.0	25.2
% Hispanic	8.3	13.8		11.5	13.5
% White	61.9	55.7		64.5	61.3
Socioeconomic status			0.46			0.66
% Low	34.2	29.2		20.2	23.7
% Middle	45.9	45.8		48.8	50.1
% High	19.8	25.0		31.1	26.2
% Type I or Type II diabetes	15.6	8.2	0.02	15.7	8.2	0.07
% Cardiac disease	11.2	6.0	0.06	17.6	8.2	0.08
% High cholesterol	38.1	25.5	0.01	39.3	26.7	0.07
% Stroke	0.9	0.7	0.69	2.5	1.2	0.56
% High blood pressure	41.7	24.6	<0.01	29.9	24.2	0.35
% Arthritis	53.2	24.2	<0.01	21.2	15.8	0.27
% Asthma	31.1	17.6	0.01	28.2	13.4	0.12
% Depressive symptoms	32.4	18.5	0.01	28.9	12.8	0.03
% Obese (30+ kg/m2 body mass index)	52.0	35.3	<0.01	35.9	32.4	0.62
Mean waist circumference, cm (SE)	96.0 (1.9)	89.2 (0.6)	<0.01	98.4 (2.4)	97.6 (0.7)	0.76
% Surgical menopause	18.9	13.0	0.07	--	--	--
% 1+ vaginal delivery	72.3	59.8	0.01	--	--	--
% Using medication for UI	6.2	0.6	<0.01	0.2	0.5	0.37
% Using medication for benign prostatic hyperplasia	N/A	N/A		4.0	2.8	0.51
Number of prescription medications			<0.01			0.11
% 0	22.4	38.3		34.6	51.0
% 1-2	27.8	33.5		27.8	25.8
% 3+	49.8	28.1		37.6	23.2

NOTES: SE=standard error. Percents shown are column percents. Analyses weighted for sampling design.

^*UI defined as urine leakage occurring weekly or more often over the past 12 months.

^†Overall p value for chi-square test of homogeneity.