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Table 3 Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and types of urinary incontinence based on the Chi-squared test

From: Prevalence and severity of urinary incontinence and associated factors in Iranian postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Stress urinary incontinence

Urgent urinary incontinence

Mixed urinary incontinence

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Age (Years)

  

0.128

  

0.165

  

0.799

 ≤ 50

9 (10.1)

16 (4.7)

 

5 (11.1)

20 (50.2)

 

3 (8.1)

22 (5.6)

 

51–55

50 (56.2)

195 (56.7)

 

27 (60)

218 (56.2)

 

21 (56.8)

224 (56.6)

 

 ≥ 56

30 (33.7)

133 (38.7)

 

13 (28.9)

150 (3807)

 

13 (35.1)

150 (27.9)

 

Menopause age

  

0.096

  

0.575

  

0.839

 ≤ 45

14 (15.7)

28 (8.1)

 

4 (8.9)

38 (9.8)

 

3 (8.1)

39 (9.8)

 

46–50

45 (50.6)

193 (56.1)

 

28 (62.2)

210 (54.1)

 

22 (59.5)

216 (54.5)

 

 ≥ 51

30 (33.7)

123 (35.8)

 

13 (28.9)

140 (36.1)

 

12 (32.4)

141 (35.6)

 

Menopause duration

  

0.649

  

0.178

  

0.367

 ≤ 3

36 (40.4)

122 (35.5)

 

18 (40.0)

140 (36.1)

 

16 (43.2)

142 (35.9)

 

4–7

36 (40.4)

156 (45.3)

 

23 (51.1)

169 (43.6)

 

17 (45.9)

175 (44.2)

 

 ≥ 8

17 (19.1)

66 (19.2)

 

4 (8.9)

79 (20.4)

 

4 (10.8)

79 (19.9)

 

Parity

  

0.004

  

0.035

  

0.013

 ≤ 2

19 (21.3)

130 (37.8)

 

10 (22.2)

139 (35.8)

 

7 (18.9)

142 (35.9)

 

3

30 (33.7)

114 (33.1)

 

13 (28.9)

131 (33.8)

 

10 (27.0)

134 (33.8)

 

 ≥ 4

40 (44.9)

100 (29.1)

 

22 (48.9)

118 (30.4)

 

20 (54.1)

120 (30.3)

 

Education

  

0.002

  

0.076

  

0.001

Secondary and Lower education

76 (85.4)

239 (69.5)

 

38 (84.4)

277 (71.4)

 

35 (94.6)

280 (70.7)

 

High school & beyond

13 (14.6)

105 (30.5)

 

7 (15.6)

111 (28.6)

 

2 (5.4)

116 (29.3)

 

Job

  

0.021

  

0.396

  

0.051

Homeworker

85 (95.5)

296 (86.5)

 

42 (93.3)

339 (87.4)

 

36 (97.3)

345 (87.1)

 

Employed

4 (4.4)

48 (13.9)

 

3 (6.6)

49 (12.6)

 

1 (2.7)

51 (12.9)

 

Hormone replacement therapy

  

0.370

  

1.000

  

1.000

No

89 (100)

336 (97.7)

 

45(100)

380(97.9)

 

37 (100)

388 (98.0)

 

Yes

0 (0.0)

8 (2.3)

 

0(0.0)

8(2.1)

 

0 (0.0)

8 (2.0)

 

Income

  

0.332

  

0.064

  

0.023

Completely sufficient

4 (4.5)

28 (8.1)

 

1(2.2)

31(8.0)

 

1 (2.7)

31 (7.8)

 

Relatively sufficient

56 (62.9)

214 (62.6)

 

26(57.8)

244 (62.9)

 

19 (51.4)

251 (63.4)

 

Insufficient

29 (32.6)

102 (29.7)

 

18(40.0)

113 (29.1)

 

17 (45.9)

114 (28.8)

 

Doing exercise

  

0.507

  

0.189

  

0.079

No

58 (65.2)

211 (61.3)

 

32(71.1)

237 (61.1)

 

28 (75.7)

241 (60.9)

 

Yes

31 (34.8)

133 (38.7)

 

13(28.9)

151 (38.9)

 

9 (24.3)

155 (39.1)

 

Home

  

0.863

  

0.502

  

0.151

Personal

84 (94.4)

323 (93.9)

 

44(97.8)

363 (93.6)

 

37 (100)

370 (93.4)

 

Rental

21 (6.1)

5 (5.6)

 

1(2.2)

25 (6.4)

 

0 (0.0)

26 (6.6)

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