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Table 2 Associations between not contacting the GP and SES regarding women reporting bothersome urinary incontinence (UI)

From: Women’s barriers for contacting their general practitioner when bothered by urinary incontinence: a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Stress UI

Urge UI

UI without stress or urge

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adj OR (95% CI)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adj OR (95% CI)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adj OR (95% CI)

Age

      

20–39

1

1

1

1

1

1

40–59

1.03 (0.74–1.43)

1.06 (0.76–1.48)

1.36 (0.88–2.11)

1.35 (0.87–2.10)

1.76 (0.88–3.49)

1.77 (0.89–3.53)

60–79

0.64 (0.46–0.89)

0.72 (0.51–1.01)

0.78 (0.51–1.19)

0.81 (0.53–1.25)

0.69 (0.36–1.32)

0.77 (0.40–1.49)

80+ 

0.50 (0.30–0.84)

0.62 (0.36–1.07)

0.73 (0.40–1.33)

0.81 (0.44–1.50)

0.65 (0.29–1.50)

0.75 (0.32–1.76)

Marital status

      

Single

1

1

1

1

1

1

Married/Cohabiting

1.31 (1.05–1.62)

1.18 (0.94–1.47)

1.33 (1.02–1.72)

1.27 (0.97–1.66)

1.34 (0.94–1.90)

1.17 (0.81–1.70)

Educational level

      

Low (< 10 years)

1

1

1

1

1

1

Middle (10–14 years)

1.51 (1.18–1.94)

1.32 (1.02–1.71)

1.37 (1.00–1.86)

1.21 (0.88–1.66)

1.75 (1.16–2.65)

1.42 (0.92–2.18)

High (> = 15 years)

1.72 (1.30–2.29)

1.42 (1.05–1.93)

1.30 (0.92–1.84)

1.14 (0.80–1.63)

1.86 (1.15–3.00)

1.47 (0.89–2.42)

Labor market affiliation

      

Working

1

1

1

1

1

1

Retirement pension

0.56 (0.45–0.70)

0.77 (0.54–1.09)

0.62 (0.47–0.82)

0.94 (0.62–1.43)

0.46 (0.31–0.66)

0.77 (0.43–1.38)

Out of workforce

0.78 (0.51–1.20)

0.82 (0.53–1.27)

1.08 (0.64–1.83)

1.10 (0.65–1.88)

1.24 (0.53–2.86)

1.60 (0.66–3.89)

Disability pension

0.44 (0.31–0.62)

0.50 (0.35–0.72)

0.51 (0.34–0.77)

0.53 (0.34–0.81)

0.50 (0.28–0.92)

0.57 (0.30–1.08)

Equivalence weighted disposable income

      

Low (1st quartile)

1

1

1

1

1

1

Middle (2nd and 3rd quartile)

1.32 (1.03–1.69)

1.12 (0.86–1.46)

1.26 (0.94–1.70)

1.11 (0.81–1.53)

1.19 (0.80–1.79)

0.97 (0.63–1.51)

High (4th quartile)

1.66 (1.24–2.22)

1.30 (0.94–1.80)

1.59 (1.11–2.29)

1.29 (0.85–1.95)

1.85 (1.12–3.08)

1.24 (0.70–2.21)

Ethnicity

      

Danish

1

1

1

1

1

1

Immigrants/ descendants of immigrants

0.85 (0.55–1.29)

0.81 (0.53–1.25)

0.77 (0.45–1.31)

0.70 (0.41–1.21)

0.81 (0.37–1.78)

0.78 (0.35–1.76)

  1. Bold indicates a p value below 0.05