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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Sep 9;58(10):1941–1945. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03057.x

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of African-American Health Sample (Weighted N = 841).

Characteristic Urinary Incontinence P-Value* Fecal Incontinence P-Value*
Yes (12.1%; n = 102) No (87.9%; n = 739) Yes (5.0%; n = 42) No (95.0%; n = 799)
Age, mean ± SD 59.3 ± 4.3 59.6 ± 4.4 .49 60.0 ± 4.9 59.6 ± 4.4 .54
Sex, % .89 .07
 Female 12.2 87.8 6.1 93.9
 Male 11.9 88.1 3.4 96.6
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD 32.1 ± 7.9 29.9 ± 6.3 .001 30.8 ± 8.1 30.1 ± 6.4 .51
Chronic diseases, mean ± SD† 2.0 ± 1.4 1.8 ± 1.3 .15 2.8 ± 1.6 1.81 ± 1.2 <.001

Date weighted to represented population.

*

T-tests for continuous data and chi-square tests for discrete data.

†

Total number of chronic diseases from the following: diabetes mellitus, chronic heart disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, stroke, arthritis, cancer.

SD = standard deviation.