Table 4.
Demographics and clinical characteristics and continence outcomes in adults* with SB aged 25 and older segregated by education level in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry, 2009–15
| Education level |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Overall patients (%) (N = 708) |
High school or less (n = 379) |
Tech school or some college (n = 191) |
College or more (n = 138) |
P-value* |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 282 (39.8) | 151 (39.8) | 79 (41.4) | 52 (37.7) | |
| Female | 426 (60.2) | 228 (60.2) | 112 (58.6) | 86 (62.3) | 0.80 |
| Employment (n = 653) | |||||
| Full-time or part-time | 251 (38.4) | 108 (30.8) | 60 (34.3) | 83 (65.4) | |
| Other | 402 (61.6) | 243 (69.2) | 115 (65.7) | 44 (34.6) | < 0.0001 |
| Health insurance | |||||
| Any private | 264 (37.3) | 99 (26.1) | 71 (37.2) | 94 (68.1) | |
| Non-private | 444 (62.7) | 280 (73.9) | 120 (62.8) | 44 (31.9) | < 0.0001 |
| SB type | |||||
| Myelomeningocele | 621 (87.7) | 348 (91.8) | 167 (87.4) | 106 (76.8) | |
| Other diagnosis | 87 (12.3) | 31 (8.2) | 24 (12.6) | 32 (23.2) | < 0.0001 |
| Level of lesion group | |||||
| Thoracic | 221 (31.2) | 146 (38.5) | 42 (22.0) | 33 (23.9) | |
| High-lumbar | 83 (11.7) | 47 (12.4) | 24 (12.6) | 12 (8.7) | |
| Mid-lumbar | 201 (28.4) | 96 (25.3) | 64 (33.5) | 41 (29.7) | |
| Low-lumbar | 76 (10.7) | 40 (10.6) | 22 (11.5) | 14 (10.1) | |
| Sacral | 127 (17.9) | 50 (13.2) | 39 (20.4) | 38 (27.5) | < 0.0001 |
| Bowel continence outcome | |||||
| Yes | 390 (55.1) | 192 (50.7) | 112 (58.6) | 86 (62.3) | |
| No | 318 (44.9) | 187 (49.3) | 79 (41.4) | 52 (37.7) | 0.0318 |
*
Excluding patients with history of colostomy and/or ileostomy.
**
Chi-square test.