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Table 1 The prevalence of symptoms of bladder dysfunction based on individual variables (sex, age group, marital status, education, and BMI)

From: Quality of life among patients with multiple sclerosis and voiding dysfunction: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Lack of LUTS

Irritative (storage) symptoms

Obstructive (voiding) symptoms

Mixed symptoms

P -values

Sex

Total

94 (15.6)

154 (25.6)

39 (6.5)

315 (52.3)

0.014

Female

72 (15.2)

134 (28.3)

26 (5.5)

242 (51.1(

Male

22 (17.2)

20 (15.6)

13 (10.2)

73 (57.0)

Age group (years)

<  30

44 (23.4)

47 (25.0)

10 (5.3)

87 (46.3)

0.004

>  30

50 (12.1)

107 (25.8)

29 (7.0)

228 (55.1)

Marital status

Single

35 (18.6)

40 (21.3)

9 (4.8)

104 (55.3)

0.155

Married

59 (14.3)

114 (27.5)

30 (7.2)

211 (51.0)

Education level

Pre-high school degree

12 (8.3)

36 (24.8)

5 (3.4)

92 (63.4)

0.002

high school degree

29 (13.6)

63 (29.6)

16 (7.5)

105 (49.3)

College

53 (21.7)

55 (22.5)

18 (7.4)

118 (48.4)

BMI (kg/m2)

<  18.5

5 (10.6)

12 (25.5)

2 (4.3)

28 (59.6)

0.777

18.5–25

57 (17.4)

83 (25.4)

23 (7.0)

164 (50.2)

> 25

32 (14.0)

59 (25.9)

14 (6.1)

123 (53.9)

  1. BMI Body Image Index, Data was presented as frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. P-values were derived from chi-square test