Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of community-dwelling older women with fecal incontinence. Weighted.

Variable	Unweighted Respondents N=1,412	Daily/Weekly/Monthly fecal incontinence N=77	No/Yearly fecal incontinence N=1,335	P
Age Category:				0.713
57–64	463	41 (26.2–55.8)	40.1 (36.8–43.4)
65–74	495	30.3 (17.6–43)	35 (31.9–38.1)
75–85	454	28.7 (18.5–38.9)	24.9 (22.3–27.4)
Race/Ethnicity				0.759
White	991	77.4 (68.1–86.8)	81.3 (77.4–85.3)
Black	261	12.8 (5.3–20.3)	10.7 (7.8–13.6)
Hispanic, non-black	126	6.8 (1–12.5)	6.1 (3–9.1)
Other	26	3 (0–6.7)	1.9 (0.9–3)
Health Insurance				0.325
Medicaid or Medicare	302	25.2 (12–38.4)	21.2 (17.3–25)
Private Insurance	662	51.8 (38.4–65.3)	62.3 (58.3–66.4)
Other	187	22.9 (9–36.9)	16.5 (14–18.9)
Education				0.015
Less than high school	319	35.3 (21–49.6)	17.5 (14.3–20.7)
High school or equiv.	418	29.1 (17.8–40.3)	29.9 (26.9–32.9)
Some college	432	21.7 (11.7–31.6)	33.6 (29.7–37.5)
Bachelor’s degree or higher	243	14 (2.6–25.4)	19 (15.8–22.2)
Health Status Relative to Age Peers				0.003
Much worse/Somewhat worse	136	26.5 (12.7–40.2)	10.4 (8.3–12.4)
Same/Somewhat better/Much better	1049	73.5 (59.8–87.3)	89.6 (87.6–91.7)
Parity				0.278
No live births	32	5.8 (0–17)	1.9 (1.1–2.8)
> 1 live births	1273	94.2 (83–100)	98.1 (97.2–98.9)
BMI category				0.123
< 30 kg/m2	810	72 (61.3–82.8)	62.8(59.7–65.9
≥ 30 kg/m2	500	28 (17.2–38.7)	37.2(34.1–40.3)
Medical Comorbidities (Median IQR)	1412	2.5 (1.4–3.6)	1.5 (0.6–2.5)	<.001
CES-D Score (Mean 95% CI)	1385	9.6 (8–11.2)	5.4 (5.2–5.7)	<.001

All values listed as a weighted estimate (95% Confidence Interval) unless otherwise specified.

BMI: Body Mass Index

CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale. Range 0–33; higher score indicates greater depressive symptomology