Characteristics of middle-aged and elderly women with urinary incontinence

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Table I.  “Urinary incontinence” (stress or/and urge), “stress incontinence”, and “urge incontinence” in relation to a number of clinical characteristics.

		Urinary incontinence		Stress incontinence		Urge incontinence
		n	Prevalence	n	Prevalence	n	Prevalence
Age	<60 60–80 ≥ 80	1336 2274 2089	20.1 (18.0;22.3) 29.8 (27.9;31.8) 43.7 (41.5;45.8)	1336 2279 2096	15.5 (13.7;17.7) 21.8 (20.1;23.6) 32.4 (30.4;34.4)	1337 2279 2095	9.1 (7.6;10.7) 16.4 (14.9;18.0) 29.7 (27.8;31.7)
Body mass index	<25 25–30 ≥ 30	3741 1490 419	29.8 (28.3;31.3) 36.6 (34.2;39.1) 44.4 (39.7;49.2)	37471496 419	21.8 (20.5;23.1) 27.9 (25.7;30.2) 33.4 (29.1;38.1)	3752 1496 419	17.8 (16.6;19.1) 21.5 (19.5;23.7) 28.2 (24.0;32.7)
Number of child deliveries	0 1–2 3 +	775 2581 1875	35.1 (31.8;38.5) 30.7 (28.9;32.5) 36.2 (34.0;38.4)	775 2585 1880	24.7 (21.7;27.8) 22.7 (21.1;24.4) 27.3 (25.3;29.4)	780 2586 1882	23.2 (20.3;26.3) 18.3 (16.8;19.8) 21.2 (19.3;23.1)
Diabetes	No Yes	5398 298	31.7 (30.5;33.0) 48.7 (43.0;54.3)	5409 299	23.4 (22.2;24.5) 39.8 (34.4;45.5)	5415 299	18.9 (17.8;20.0) 31.8 (26.7;37.4)
Parkinsonism	No Yes	5655 39	32.5 (31.4;33.8) 46.2 (30.5;61.8)	5666 39	24.1 (23.0;25.3) 41.0 (25.6;56.5)	5673 39	19.4 (18.4;20.5) 33.3 (20.4;49.3)
Stroke	No Yes	5582 109	32.2 (30.9;33.4) 56.0 (46.5;65.0)	5592 110	23.9 (22.7;25.0) 43.6 (34.7;53.0)	5597 112	19.1 (18.1;20.2) 42.0 (33.2;51.3)
Myocardial infarction	No Yes	5593 99	32.5 (31.3;33.8) 39.4 (29.8;49.0)	5604 99	24.2 (23.1;25,4) 26.3 (18.5;35.8)	5610 100	19.4 (18.4;20.5) 27.0 (19.2;36.6)
Paraplegia	No Yes	5466 230	32.1 (30.8;33.4) 44.4 (38.0;50.9)	5477 231	23.9 (22.8;25.1) 32.0 (26.3;38.4)	5481 233	19.1 (18.1;20.2) 30.5 (24.9;36.7)
Hormone replacement therapy	No Yes	3332 908	37.3 (35.6;38.9) 33.3 (30.2;36.4)	3341 909	27.5 (26.0;29.0) 23.4 (20.8;26.3)	3343 912	23.8 (22.4;25.3) 20.1 (17.6;22.8)
Hysterectomy	No Yes	4261 907	33.3 (31.9;34.8) 37.9 (34.8;41.2)	4271 909	24.6 (23.3;25.9) 28.4 (25.5;31.4)	4273 912	20.5 (19.3;21.8) 21.6 (19.0;24.4)
Diuretics	No Yes	4219 1478	29.1 (27.7;30.5) 42.6 (40.1;45.2)	4228 1481	21.5 (20.3;22.8) 31.9 (29.6;34.4)	4230 1485	16.6 (15.5;17.8) 27.9 (25.7;30.2)
Chronic lung disease	No Yes	5114 577	31.2 (29.9;32.5) 45.2 (41.2;49.3)	5126 577	23.0 (21.8;24.2) 35.4 (31.6;39.3)	5130 579	18.4 (17.4;19.5) 29.4 (25.8;33.2)

Prevalence is given in percentages (95% confidence intervals in brackets), n indicates the number of women available for each analysis (reduced for “urinary incontinence” if either the “stress” or the “urge” question was unanswered for an individual).

Table II.  Odds ratios for the association between clinical characteristics and “urinary incontinence” (stress or/and urge), “stress incontinence” and “urge incontinence”.

		Urinary incontinence	Stress Incontinence	Urge Incontinence
Age	<60 60–80 ≥ 80	1 1.54 (1.29;1.84) 2.89 (2.42;3.45)	1 1.33 (1.09;1.62) 2.39 (1.97;2.90)	1 1.84 (1.45;2.34) 4.01 (3.17;5.08)
BMI	<25 25–30 ≥ 30	1 1.46(1.27;1.67) 1.92 (1.52;2.43)	1 1.45 (1.25;1.68) 1.78 (1.40;2.27)	1 1.40 (1.19;1.64) 1.84 (1.41;2.39)
No. of deliveries	0 1–2 3 +	1 1.07 (0.90;1.28) 1.20 (1.00;1.44)	1 1.13 (0.93;1.37 1.27) (1.04;1.55)	1 1.02 (0.83;1.25) 1.04 (0.84;1.28)
Diabetes	No Yes	1 1.46 (1.13;1.89)	1 1.67 (1.29; 2.16)	1 1.37 (1.03;1.83)
Parkinsonism	No Yes	1 1.46 (0.75;2.86)	1 1.89 (0.97;3.71)	1 1.66 (0.81;3.39)
Stroke	No Yes	1 1.74 (1.14;2.64)	1 1.80 (1.19;2.72)	1 1.84 (1.20;2.8)
AMI	No Yes	1 0.96 (0.64;1.45)	1 0.81 (0.51;1.29)	1 1.13 (0.72;1.78)
Paraplegia	No Yes	1 1.56 (1.14;2.64)	1 1.29 (0.93; 1.80)	1 1.80 (1.27;2.53)
Diuretics	No Yes	1 1.25 (1.09;1.44)	1 1.22 (1.06;1.42)	1 1.28 (1.10;1.50)
Chronic lung disease	No Yes	1 1.66 (1.37;2.01)	1 1.65 (1.35;2.02)	1 1.73 (1.40;2.15)

Logistic regression with robust variance analysis was used to adjust for twin similarity (n = 5181).