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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2020 Sep;26(9):570–574. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000603

TABLE 1.

Demographics of Urgency Fecal Incontinence Group Compared With Passive Fecal Incontinence Group

Characteristic Urgency FI Group, n = 21 Passive FI Group, n = 25 P

Age, y 62.2 ± 2.5 63.4 ± 2.2 0.74
Race 0.51
 White 11 (68.8) 12 (54.6)
 Black 5 (31.3) 10 (45.5)
 Other 5(23.8) 3 (12.0)
Ethnicity 1.00
 Hispanic 1 (4.8) 1 (4.0)
 Non-Hispanic 20 (95.2) 24 (96.0)
Parity 2 (0–7) 2 (0–5) 0.67
Prolapse POP-Q stage 0 (0–3) 1 (0–3) 0.15
BMI, kg/m2 30.0 (20.8–48.0) 26.2 (20.3–46.1) 0.14
Concurrent gastrointestinal pathology
 IBS 6 (28.6) 5 (20.0) 0.73
 Functional constipation 3 (14.3) 6 (24.0) 0.47
 Functional diarrhea 3 (14.3) 1 (4.0) 0.33

Data are mean ± standard deviation, median (range), or n (%).

P values refer to comparison of measures between groups using Student t test or Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test for continuous variables and Fisher exact test for categorical variables as appropriate.

POP-Q, pelvic organ prolapse quantification; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome.