Table 3
Adjusted odds ratios relating urinary incontinence to loneliness, adjusting for selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

Table 3
Adjusted odds ratios relating urinary incontinence to loneliness, adjusting for selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of adjusted odds ratios relating urinary incontinence to loneliness. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), restricted model, full model, adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics RestrictedNote ‡ model FullNote § model
Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval Adjusted odds ratio 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Urinary incontinence  
Yes 1.8Note * 1.5 2.0 1.5Note * 1.3 1.7
NoNote † 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Demographic characteristics  
Sex  
Women 1.6Note * 1.4 1.7 1.5Note * 1.3 1.7
MenNote † 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Age (continuous) 1.00 0.99 1.00 0.99Note * 0.98 1.00
Education  
Less than postsecondary graduation 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.1
Postsecondary graduationNote † 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Living arrangements  
With othersNote † 1.0 ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Alone 3.1Note * 2.7 3.5 2.8Note * 2.4 3.2
Social characteristics  
Social support (dichotomous)  
High (score of 100 on total social support scale)Note † ... ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Low ... ... ... 2.5Note * 2.2 2.9
Social participation  
Frequent (at least once/week)Note † ... ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Infrequent ... ... ... 1.5Note * 1.3 1.8
Functional health  
No/Mild disabilityNote † ... ... ... 1.0 ... ...
Moderate/Severe disability ... ... ... 2.0Note * 1.7 2.2
... not applicable
Note †

reference category

Note *

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

Note ‡

adjusted for demographic characteristics

Note §

adjusted for demographic characteristics, social characteristics, and functional health

Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA).
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