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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jan;123(1):141–148. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000057

Table 2.

Multivariable Analysis of Demographic Categories and the Odds of Having one or more Pelvic Floor Disorder in Nonpregnant U.S. Women from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey

Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI) P

n=6115

Age (decade) 1.2 (1.2, 1.3) <0.001

Non-Hispanic White vs all other racial/ethnic groups 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 0.009

>High School Education 0.9 (0.9, 1.0) 0.04

Higher Poverty Income Ratio 0.9 (0.9, 1.0) 0.02

BMI
 <25.0 1.0

 25.0 – 29.9 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) 0.004

 ≥30.0 1.6 (1.3, 2.0) <0.001

Co-morbid diseases
 0 1.0

 1 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 0.001

 2 1.6 (1.4, 2.0) <0.001

 ≥3 2.1 (1.6, 2.6) <0.001

Hysterectomy 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) <0.001

Parity
 0 1.0

 1 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) 0.004

 2 1.5 (1.1, 2.0) 0.009

 3 1.8 (1.3, 2.5) <0.001

 ≥4 2.0 (1.5, 2.6) <0.001

 Mode of deliveryNever pregnant 1.0

 Vaginal delivery only 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 0.7

 Cesarean delivery only 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 0.3

CI, confidence interval.