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Table 4 Adjusted risk factors for urinary incontinence

From: Descriptive cross sectional study on prevalence, perceptions, predisposing factors and health seeking behaviour of women with stress urinary incontinence

Risk factors

Adjusted OR*

(95% CI)

p value

Chronic cough

2.8

(1.5–5.1)

0.001

Constipation

2.8

(1.2–6.8)

0.015

Diabetes mellitus

2.0

(1.002–3.8)

0.049

Having two or more children

2.9

(1.6–5.2)

0.000

  1. *The variables chronic cough, constipation, diabetes mellitus, having two or more children, undergoing vaginal delivery and faecal incontinence were included in the final model used for multivariate analysis.
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BMC Women's Health

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