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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Neurourol Urodyn. 2019 Jul 11;38(7):1932–1943. doi: 10.1002/nau.24096

TABLE 4.

Predictors of urinary incontinence incidence in 2015

Predictive factors of incontinence in 2015 Women Men
UI Total
OR (CI, 95%)
SUI
OR (CI, 95%)
UUI
OR (CI, 95%)
MUI
OR (CI, 95%)
UI Total
OR (CI, 95%)
SUI
OR (CI, 95%)
UUI
OR (CI, 95%)
MUI
OR (CI, 95%)
Age group (reference: 50–59)
 60–69 1.16 (0.99–1.35) 0.89 (0.70–1.13) 1.45 (1.12–1.88)** 1.22 (0.97–1.55) 1.48 (1.17–1.87)* 1.78 (1.04–3.06)*** 1.52 (1.11–2.07)* 1.23 (0.80–1.89)
 70–79 1.32 (1.09–1.58)** 0.87 (0.65–1.18) 1.93 (1.44–2.58)* 1.34 (1.01–1.77)*** 2.37 (1.84–3.05)* 1.89 (1.03–3.48)*** 2.45 (1.76–3.40)* 2.45 (1.58–3.80)*
 80–89 1.09 (0.80–1.48) 0.70 (0.41–1.19) 1.20 (0.72–2.00) 1.40 (0.91–2.14) 3.41 (2.40–4.85)* 4.08 (1.94–8.54)* 2.93 (1.82–4.72)* 3.93 (2.23–6.92)*
 90 and older 2.45 (0.89–6.72) 1.72 (0.36–8.18) 1.32 (0.16–10.60) 4.56 (1.36–15.28)*** 4.65 (1.82–11.91)** 4.42 (0.55–35.70) 5.05 (1.60–15.93)* 4.33 (0.92–20.40)
Depressive symptoms (reference: no) 1.42 (1.24–1.63)* 1.50 (1.19–1.83)* 1.23 (0.99–1.52) 1.57 (1.28–1.92)* 1.30 (1.08–1.56)** 1.18 (0.78–1.78) 1.13 (0.89–1.44) 1.74 (1.27–2.37)*
Number of self-reported illnesses (reference: none)
 1 1.30 (1.11–1.53)** 1.31 (1.03–1.67)*** 1.21 (0.93–1.57) 1.43 (1.11–1.83)* 1.43 (1.17–1.74)* 1.35 (0.85–2.13) 1.46 (1.13–1.88)** 1.37 (0.96–1.97)
 2 1.68 (1.40–2.03)* 1.25 (0.92–1.69) 1.80 (1.35–2.42)* 2.02 (1.53–2.68)* 1.77 (1.38–2.28)* 1.99 (1.16–3.43)** 1.73 (1.24–2.40)** 1.74 (1.13–2.69)**
 3 or more 2.08 (1.58–2.73)* 1.37 (0.86–2.19) 2.44 (1.64–3.63)* 2.44 (1.66–3.60)* 2.20 (1.47–3.27)* 2.54 (1.12–5.76)** 1.75 (0.99–3.09) 2.65 (1.46–4.83)**
Falls in the last 2 years (reference: no) 1.22 (1.06–1.39)** 1.12 (0.90–1.39) 1.30 (1.05–1.61)*** 1.27 (1.04–1.55)*** 1.42 (1.18–1.71)* 1.49 (1.00–2.24) 1.34 (1.05–1.70)** 1.56 (1.14–2.14)**
Basic activities of daily living (BADL) (reference: none)
 1 1.24 (0.96–1.61) 1.01 (0.64–1.58) 1.35 (0.91–2.00) 1.37 (0.95–1.97) 1.42 (0.96–2.09) 1.08 (0.44–2.65) 1.00 (0.57–1.75) 2.34 (1.36–4.04)**
 2 or more 1.43 (1.00–2.04)*** 1.25 (0.68–2.28) 1.50 (0.89–2.53) 1.53 (0.95–2.47) 1.37 (0.82–2.29) 1.04 (0.33–3.32) 0.61 (0.25–1.50) 2.60 (1.35–4.99)**
Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) (reference: none)
 1 1.06 (0.81–1.38) 1.10 (0.71–1.71) 1.00 (0.66–1.51) 1.05 (0.72–1.53) 1.14 (0.72–1.80) 1.07 (0.37–3.08) 1.07 (0.57–2.03) 1.26 (0.65–2.46)
 2 or more 1.12 (0.72–1.75) 0.87 (0.38–1.99) 1.14 (0.59–2.19) 1.30 (0.72–2.33) 1.00 (0.54–1.85) 1.13 (0.30–4.32) 1.01 (0.40–2.57) 0.93 (0.39–2.22)
*

< .001.

**

< .005.

***

< .05.