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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of participants with UL level

From: U-shaped association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and urinary leakage among adult females aged 45 years and over in the United States: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Urinary leakage

P value

L0 (n = 4565)

L1 (n = 1315)

L2 (n = 1491)

L3 (n = 917)

L4 (n = 1237)

Age (mean (SD))$

61.62 (10.75)

60.69 (10.54)

61.69 (10.73)

63.88 (10.91)

67.05 (10.84)

< 0.001

Race_2 = White (%)*

1746 (38.2)

701 (53.3)

739 (49.6)

476 (51.9)

713 (57.6)

< 0.001

Education (%)*

     

< 0.001

College or above

1990 (45.0)

701 (54.9)

655 (45.5)

398 (45.0)

478 (40.1)

 

High school or equivalent

1859 (42.0)

471 (36.9)

606 (42.1)

357 (40.4)

541 (45.4)

 

Less than high school

575 (13.0)

106 ( 8.3)

179 (12.4)

129 (14.6)

173 (14.5)

 

Income (mean (SD))$

2.56 (1.64)

3.00 (1.61)

2.62 (1.59)

2.43 (1.59)

2.25 (1.48)

< 0.001

Drink = Yes (%)*

1373 (55.1)

392 (62.0)

482 (62.0)

313 (63.5)

434 (60.8)

< 0.001

Smoke = Yes (%)*

1689 (37.0)

492 (37.4)

573 (38.5)

385 (42.0)

553 (44.7)

< 0.001

BMI (mean (SD))$

29.18 (7.01)

29.58 (7.12)

30.59 (7.03)

31.44 (7.26)

32.74 (8.57)

< 0.001

Diabetes = Yes (%)*

773 (16.9)

208 (15.8)

274 (18.4)

189 (20.6)

354 (28.6)

< 0.001

Hypertension = Yes (%)*

2286 (50.2)

667 (50.7)

795 (53.4)

526 (57.5)

848 (68.7)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia = Yes (%)*

2007 (47.3)

630 (50.7)

710 (50.2)

479 (55.4)

699 (59.2)

< 0.001

Stroke = Yes (%)*

218 ( 4.8)

61 ( 4.6)

93 ( 6.2)

63 ( 6.9)

144 (11.7)

< 0.001

Asthma = Yes (%)*

619 (13.6)

208 (15.8)

251 (16.9)

173 (18.9)

263 (21.3)

< 0.001

Hysterectomy = Yes (%)*

1496 (33.4)

435 (34.0)

536 (36.7)

361 (39.9)

572 (46.7)

< 0.001

Ever_pregnant_level (%)*

     

< 0.001

1 ~ 2

1388 (33.9)

441 (36.6)

430 (31.5)

227 (27.2)

327 (28.6)

 

3 ~ 5

2102 (51.4)

635 (52.7)

757 (55.5)

473 (56.7)

614 (53.6)

 

> 5

601 (14.7)

130 (10.8)

177 (13.0)

134 (16.1)

204 (17.8)

 

Vaginal_deliveries_level (%)*

     

< 0.001

0

621 (15.1)

198 (16.3)

166 (12.1)

94 (11.2)

118 (10.2)

 

1 ~ 2

1612 (39.2)

496 (40.9)

574 (41.8)

319 (37.9)

408 (35.3)

 

3 ~ 5

1552 (37.7)

463 (38.2)

549 (40.0)

354 (42.1)

520 (45.0)

 

> 5

332 ( 8.1)

56 ( 4.6)

84 ( 6.1)

74 ( 8.8)

110 ( 9.5)

 

VitD (mean (SD))$

69.61 (30.19)

73.01 (32.30)

72.85 (31.57)

72.99 (34.70)

71.41 (32.44)

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%) ; * represent χ2 test for categorical variables; $ Linear regression models for continuous variables; L0 represent Never; L1 represent less than once a month; L2 represent a few times a month; L3 represent a few times a week; L4 represent every day and/or night