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Table 2 Magnitude of UI problem by cancer among those who reported UI 1

From: Urinary incontinence and health-related quality of life among older Americans with and without cancer: a cross-sectional study

 

Bladder

Breast

Colorectal

Endo/ Uterine

Lung

Prostate

No cancer

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N=280

N=1,296

N=635

N=299

N=241

N=1,416

N=113,995

Magnitude of UI problem

Big

50 (13.3)

240 (14.9)

120 (13.9)

60 (20.1)

47 (14.2)

266 (14.5)

20,675 (13.1)

Small

174 (46.3)

769 (47.9)

380 (44.0)

169 (56.4)

150 (45.3)

839 (45.7)

69,052 (43.9)

Not a problem

152 (40.4)

597 (37.2)**

364 (42.1)

70 (23.5)

134 (40.5)

731 (39.8)*

67,607 (43.0)

Talked to physician about UI

Yes

175 (54.3)**

514 (36.9)

257 (34.0)

112 (44.4)

110 (37.7)

878 (56.5)**

47,655 (35.4)

Received treatment for UI

Yes

107 (37.4)**

291 (24.9)

135 (21.4)

74 (37.0)

50 (19.2)

477 (34.0)**

27,238 (24.1)

  1. 1Two-tailed p-value for chi-squared test, comparing distribution of covariate of cancer group to no cancer group.
  2. * p <0.05.
  3. **p<0.01.