Table 3 Urinary incontinence at six years after index delivery with subgroup analyses. Figures are numbers (percentages) of women unless stated otherwise

Intervention
Control
Difference in % (95% CI), P value^*

No of women
263
253

Any urinary incontinence
201 (76)
201 (79)
–3.0 (–10.2 to 4.1), 0.471

At least once/week
100 (38)
99 (39)
–1.1 (–9.5 to 7.3), 0.867

Using pads
72 (28)
59 (24)
3.7 (–3.9 to 11.3), 0.395

Mean (SD) overall rating of severity
35.3 (25.1)
31.4 (23.8)
3.9 (–1.0 to 8.8), 0.120

Severity of incontinence at baseline:

At least once per week:

No of women
152
128

Any urinary incontinence
122 (80)
102 (80)
0.6 (–8.8 to 10.0), 1.0

Less than once a week:

No of women
111
125

Any urinary incontinence
79 (71)
99 (79)
–8.0 (–19.1 to 3.0), 0.201

Type of incontinence at baseline:

Stress incontinence:

No of women
149
126

Any urinary Incontinence
111 (75)
97 (77)
–2.5 (–12.6 to 7.7), 0.736

Urge incontinence:

No of women
41
39

Any urinary Incontinence
31 (76)
32 (82)
–6.4 (–24.3 to 11.4), 0.667

Mixed Incontinence:

No of women
71
80

Any urinary incontinence
57 (80)
66 (83)
–2.2 (–14.7 to 10.2), 0.888

Delivery after index birth:

Women without further deliveries:

No of women
138
137

Any urinary incontinence
108 (78)
109 (80)
–1.3 (–10.9 to 8.3), 0.907

Women with further deliveries:

No of women
122
115

Any urinary incontinence
91 (75)
91 (79)
–4.5 (–15.2 to 6.2), 0.501