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Table1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Interplay between bladder microbiota and overactive bladder symptom severity: a cross‐sectional study

Characteristic

M group (n = 17)

M/S group (n = 53)

P-value

Age (years)

37.1 (11.4)

38.5 (11.6)

0.675a

BMI (kg/m2)

21.1 (2.3)

22.1 (3.1)

0.214a

Race/ethnicity

   

Asian

17

53

NS

Other

0

0

 

Currently married

15 (88.2)

42 (79.2)

0.498b

Ever pregnant

12 (70.6)

41 (77.4)

0.746b

Menopausal status

  

1.000b

Premenopausal

12 (70.6)

39 (73.6)

 

Postmenopausal

5 (29.4)

14 (26.4)

 

Use of hormone replacement therapy

0

6 (11.3)

0.175b

Diabetes

0

5 (9.4)

0.325b

Hypertension

2 (11.8)

10 (18.9)

0.717b

Pelvic surgery

2 (11.8)

16 (30.2)

0.203b

OABSS

4.47 (0.8)

8.58 (2.1)

 < 0.001

  1. Values given as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range) and n (%)
  2. Chi-square test used unless otherwise indicated
  3. BMI, body mass index; OAB, overactive bladder; OABSS, overactive bladder Symptom Score
  4. aTwo sample t test
  5. bFisher’s exact test