Prevalence, incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in women: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT)

Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Hunskaar, Steinar; Rortveit, Guri; Hannestad, Yngvild Skaatun

doi:10.1186/1471-2490-13-27

Table 3 Prevalence of any UI, type and severity of UI in EPINCONT1 and EPINCONT2 in 5 – year age groups

From: Prevalence, incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in women: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT)

Age - group	Survey	Any UI		p	Type of UI					P	Severity of UI					p
					N	Stress	Urgency	Mixed	Other		N	Slight	Moderate	Severe	Very Severe
		N	%			%	%	%	%			%	%	%	%
20 - 24	E1	222	11.2	0.951	218	43.1	12.4	30.3	14.2	0.326	172	53.5	36.6	8.1	1.7*	0.220
20 - 24	E2	116	11.3	0.951	116	46.6	18.1	24.1	11.2	0.326	113	63.7	30.1	6.2	0*	0.220
25 - 29	E1	320	15.0	0.001	318	54.4	11.9	26.4	7.2	0.139	229	55.5	39.3	3.9	1.3*	0.310
25 - 29	E2	173	20.0	0.001	173	54.9	17.9	19.1	8.1	0.139	170	61.8	35.3	2.9	0*	0.310
30 - 34	E1	479	19.1	<0.001	479	57.6	9.8	26.7	5.8	0.595	343	59.5	38.2	1.7	0.6*	0.756
30 - 34	E2	299	24.5	<0.001	299	53.2	12.0	29.1	5.7	0.595	297	63.3	35.0	1.3	0.3*	0.756
35 - 39	E1	576	21.0	<0.001	570	59.5	6.8	28.8	4.9	0.571	432	57.6	39.6	2.5	0.2*	0.640
35 - 39	E2	528	29.3	<0.001	525	58.1	9.1	28.2	4.6	0.571	516	57.9	38.8	3.3	0*	0.640
40 - 44	E1	728	24.6	<0.001	724	61.0	8.3	27.3	3.3	0.230	511	51.5	42.7	5.1	0.8*	0.031
40 - 44	E2	633	30.5	<0.001	633	56.9	10.4	30.2	2.5	0.230	624	53.7	43.9	2.1	0.3*	0.031
45 - 49	E1	851	28.7	0.098	849	63.3	6.5	27.7	2.6	<0.001	594	52.2	39.7	6.6	1.5	0.166
45 - 49	E2	695	30.8	0.098	691	49.8	11.3	36.2	2.7	<0.001	681	47.9	45.7	5.4	1.0	0.166
50 - 54	E1	832	30.3	0.039	828	54.2	7.6	36.0	2.2	0.034	554	45.7	43.0	10.5	0.9*	0.039
50 - 54	E2	663	27.6	0.039	660	47.1	10.5	40.0	2.4	0.034	645	46.2	47.0	6.0	0.8*	0.039
55 - 59	E1	567	28.1	0.371	558	50.9	9.7	36.4	3.0	0.023	394	36.5	49.7	11.7	2.0	0.032
55 - 59	E2	725	29.4	0.371	721	43.7	14.0	38.3	4.0	0.023	694	44.5	46.0	8.4	1.2	0.032
60 - 64	E1	480	26.3	0.008	474	40.9	10.5	45.4	3.2	0.207	297	35.4	45.5	16.5	2.7	0.091
60 - 64	E2	746	30.0	0.008	741	38.6	14.7	44.0	2.7	0.207	720	35.8	51.0	11.1	2.1	0.091
65 - 69	E1	513	27.9	0.240	500	36.0	14.6	44.8	4.6	0.009	312	22.4	51.6	20.8	5.1	0.052
65 - 69	E2	529	29.6	0.240	526	30.0	16.7	51.3	1.9	0.009	509	29.5	51.1	16.3	3.1	0.052
70 - 74	E1	572	31.6	0.302	563	32.9	15.5	46.4	5.3	0.159	390	21.5	50.8	22.6	5.1	0.307
70 - 74	E2	458	33.4	0.302	456	27.4	18.4	50.0	4.2	0.159	438	23.5	52.3	21.5	2.7	0.307
75 - 79	E1	481	34.9	0.864	474	32.9	19.2	40.9	7.0	0.024	317	22.1	44.5	25.9	7.6	0.920
75 - 79	E2	367	34.6	0.864	362	25.7	17.1	51.4	5.8	0.024	342	21.1	45.9	26.6	6.4	0.920
80 +	E1	386	36.0	0.037	366	29.8	19.7	41.0	9.6	0.197	238	14.7	42.9	35.7	6.7	0.713
80 +	E2	400	40.4	0.037	389	23.7	20.6	47.3	8.5	0.197	370	16.5	44.6	31.4	7.6	0.713
Total	E1	7 008	25.0	<0.001	6921	49.4	10.9	35.0	4.7	<0.001	4 784	41.9	43.5	12.1	2.5	0.006
	E2	6 332	29.0		6292	42.9	13.9	39.3	4.0		6119	42.1	45.5	10.5	1.9

*: ≤ 5 participants.

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