Table 3. Overlap in reported regular bladder infections (regular low-UTI) and episodes of UTI-ab for patients and controls and men and women separately.
|
Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Controls
N
(%) |
Patients
N
(%) |
Controls
N
(%) |
Patients
N
(%) |
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| Regular low-UTI | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
|
Number of UTI-ab | ||||||||
| 0 | 1585 (99.8) | 3 (0.2) | 1112 (94.7) | 62 (5.3) | 1114 (97.5) | 29 (2.5) | 146 (86.4) | 23 (13.6) |
| 1–2 | 199 (98.5) | 3 (1.5) | 86 (83.5) | 17 (16.5) | 474 (93.9) | 31 (6.1) | 34 (79.1) | 9 (20.9) |
| 3–5 | 63 (88.7) | 8 (11.3) | 20 (47.6) | 22 (52.4) | 226 (69.1) | 101 (30.9) | 20 (62.5) | 12 (37.5) |
| 6–10 | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) | 67 (42.7) | 90 (57.3) | 4 (18.2) | 18 (81.8) |
| ⩾11 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | 27 (25.2) | 80 (74.8) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (100.0) |
Abbreviations: UTI=urinary tract infection; UTI-ab=urinary tract infection treated with antibiotics.
For controls, those UTI-ab episodes that were experienced after the questionnaire on regular low-UTI were omitted as to account for the time lag between the questionnaires on regular low-UTI and UTI-ab.