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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants with overactive bladder using no treatment drugs before each observation period

From: Impact of a direct-to-consumer information campaign on prescription patterns for overactive bladder

Characteristics

Pre-Campaign Yeara

Year 1a

Year 2a

p-valueb

Sample size, n

1332

1277

1157

 

Sex, female, n (%)

768 (58)

731 (57)

666 (58)

.98

Age, mean (SD)

53 (13.1)

54 (13.2)

55 (13.5)

.008

Comorbidity, n (%)c

 0

416 (31)

337 (26)

271 (23)

<.001

 1

370 (28)

364 (29)

326 (28)

 

  ≥ 2

546 (41)

576 (45)

560 (48)

 
  1. aPre-Campaign Year (November 19, 2010 to November 18, 2011); Year 1 (November 19, 2011 to November 18, 2012); Year 2 (November 19, 2012 to November 18, 2013). SD, standard deviation
  2. bp-value: Analysis of variance or chi-square test
  3. cComorbidity: Charlson Comorbidity Index score