Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics stratified by daytime sleepiness as assessed by the Epworth Sleep Quality Scale (ESS)

Select demographic characteristics	ESS* ≤ 10, n=536	ESS* > 10, n=107	P value
Age, mean (SD)	56.42 (14.6)	54.36 (13.3)	0.19
History of hysterectomy, n (%)	161 (30.0)	32 (29.9)	0.98
Not currently menstruating, n (%)	382 (71.5)	75 (70.1)	0.76
Current diuretic use, n (%)	80 (14.9)	23 (21.5)	0.09
Current estrogen use, n (%)	44 ( 8.2)	9 ( 8.4)	0.95
Current cigarette smoking, n (%)	79 (14.7)	13 (12.3)	0.51
Current weekly alcohol use, n (%)	168 (31.4)	27 (25.2)	0.20
Excellent or very good overall health **, n (%)	432 (80.6)	74 (69.2)	0.008
Lower urinary tract symptoms, per day
Total incontinent episodes, mean (SD)	4.63 ( 3.3)	4.94 ( 4.0)	0.89
Total urgency incontinence episodes, mean (SD)	3.86 ( 2.8)	4.11 ( 3.3)	0.94
Total daytime incontinent episodes, mean (SD)	3.98 ( 2.7)	4.30 ( 3.4)	0.89
Total nighttime incontinent episodes, mean (SD)	0.65 ( 1.0)	0.64 ( 1.1)	0.70
Total micturitions, mean (SD)	10.00 ( 3.3)	10.15 ( 3.3)	0.59
Total daytime micturitions, mean (SD)	8.73 ( 2.9)	8.84 ( 3.0)	0.65
Total nighttime micturitions, mean (SD)	1.27 ( 1.3)	1.31 ( 1.3)	0.50
Total severe urgency sensation, mean (SD)	3.51 ( 3.3)	3.95 ( 4.1)	0.55

^*ESS is a self-reported scale that assess daytime sleepiness and assess the participant’s probability of falling asleep in eight different situations on a sale from 0–3 with a total score from 0 to 24. Score > 10 are indicative of significant daytime sleepiness.

^**Participants reported their perceptions of their overall health status as poor, satisfactory, good, very good or excellent