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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2009 Feb 20;20(5):581–589. doi: 10.1007/s00192-009-0838-5

Table 2.

Subjects’ Baseline Characteristics with Any Urinary Incontinence & Severe Urinary Incontinence* & Predictors of Progression to Severe Urinary Incontinence and Improvement of Severe Urinary Incontinence

Subjects with Any UI
N=2187
Subjects with Severe UI
N=650
Predictors Severe UI Progression Odds Ratio (95% CI) Predictors Severe UI Improvement Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Decade Life
5th decade 35.5% (777/2187) 26.8% (174/650) Reference group Reference group
6th decade 22.6% (495/2187) 24.2% (157/650) 1.21 (0.97–1.52) 0.70 (0.45–1.10)
7th decade 30.3% (663/2187) 33.7% (219/650) 1.84 (1.50–2.26) 0.61 (0.40–0.91)
8th decade 10.6% (231/2187) 13.5% (88/650) 3.69 (2.84–4.78) 0.28 (0.16–0.49)
9th decade 1.0% (21/2187) 1.9% (12/650) 6.06 (3.43–10.68) 0.12 (0.02–0.57)

Ethnicity
White 83.5% (1825/2187) 84.0% (546/650) Reference group
African American 10.3% (225/2187) 10.2% (66/650) 0.57 (0.45–0.73)
Hispanic 4.8% (105/2187) 4.5% (29/650) 0.67 (0.49–0.92)
Other 1.5%(32/2187) 1.4% ( 9/650) 1.16 (0.68–1.97)

Parity*
0 10.3% (222/2160) 8.4% (54/640 Reference group
1 10.4%(225/2160) 12.0%(77/640) 0.71 (0.51–1.00)
2 24.5%(530/2160) 23.3%(149/640) 0.77 (0.58–1.03)
>2 54.8%(1183/2160) 56.3%(360/640) 1.08 (0.84–1.39)

# Medical Co-morbidities
0 18.1%(395/2187) 12.5% (81/650) Reference group
1 28.5%(624/2187) 25.4% (165/650) 0.92 (0.72–1.17)
2 27.3%(596/2187) 27.7% (180/650) 1.32 (1.03–1.69)
3 26.2%(572/2187) 34.5% (224/650) 1.61 (1.23–2.10)

BMI (kg/m2)
<25 34.0% (743/2187) 27.7% (180/650) Reference group Reference group
25 to <30 33.8% (740/2187) 32.0% (208/650) 1.21 (1.00–1.46) 0.72(0.48–1.10)
30 to <35 19.9% (436/2187) 22.8% (148/650) 1.12 (0.88–1.42) 0.66 (0.42–1.05)
35 12.3% (268/2187 17.5% (114/650) 1.82 (1.38–2.41) 0.45 (0.27–0.74)

Psychiatric History
No 75.9%(1659/2187) 74.6% (485/650) Reference group
Yes 24.1% (528/2187) 25.4% (165/650) 1.64 (1.35–1.99)

Functional Limitations
None 20.4% (447/2187) 14.5% (94/650) Reference group
0 and25% limited 22.0% (480/2187) 17.2% (112/650) 1.37 (1.07–1.76)
>25% 57.6% (1260/2187) 68.3% (444/650) 2.36 (1.89–2.94)
*

See text Results section, paragraph 5