The Effect of Selected Exercise Programs on the Quality of Life in Women with Grade 1 Stress Urinary Incontinence and Its Relationship with Various Body Mass Indices: A Randomized Trial
Table 1
The baseline characteristics of the study patients randomly assigned to the PFM + TrA (group A) and PFM training (group B).
Parameter
Category
Group A ()
Group B ()
value
Age (years)
0.813
BMI (%)
kg/m2
26.0
25.0
0.871
kg/m2
74.0
75.0
WHR (%)
21.4
50.0
0.088
78.6
50.0
Place of residence (%)
City/town
75.7
77.1
0.842
Countryside
24.3
22.9
Physical activity level (%)
Sedentary
12.9
18.6
0.616
Active
30.0
25.7
Mixed
57.1
55.7
Menopausal status (%)
Premenopausal
47.1
61.4
0.090
Postmenopausal
52.9
38.6
Smoking status (%)
Smokers
12.9
11.4
0.800
Nonsmokers
87.1
88.6
Number of natural deliveries
≥3
4
9
0.301
<3
96
91
BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; :average; SD: standard deviation. Student -test test, : Pearson chi2 test.