Mental and physical component summaries for faecal incontinence.

Table 6: Mental and physical component summaries for faecal incontinence.

		Mental Component Summary (MCS)		Physical Component Summary (PCS)
	n	Mean	p	Mean	p
Overall^*	2963	50.17		50.10
FI unadjusted	51	39.90	*< 0.001*	44.17	*0.003*
FI^*	51	43.46	*< 0.001*	43.46	*< 0.001*
Severity^*
Mild/Moderate	45	44.17		40.90
Severe	6	44.16	0.999	32.23	0.068
Gender^**
Male	15	43.96		50.12
Female	36	43.93	0.993	44.02	0.891
Age^***
15-55	17	43.96		45.41
55+	33	43.93	0.088	36.95	*0.015*
Marital Status^*
Married/De Facto	27	45.20		40.68
Other	24	42.99	0.529	38.99	0.586
Education^*
Post School	22	44.15		37.89
No Post School	29	44.19	0.999	41.43	0.266
Income^*
< $ 30,000	28	42.83		37.99
> $ 30,000	23	44.83	0.633	40.67	0.438
Country of Birth^*
Australia	37	43.80		39.69
Other	14	45.18	0.729	40.45	0.829
Employment^*
Employed	14	52.11		48.48
Economically inactive	37	41.18	*0.006*	36.66	*< 0.001*
Area^*
Metropolitan	37	42.58		39.00
Country	14	48.44	0.131	42.33	0.366
Diabetes^*
No Diabetes	43	44.66		39.72
Diabetes	8	41.58	0.523	40.82	0.796
Urinary Incontinence (UI) ^*
No UI	14	41.70		41.46
UI	37	45.14	0.403	39.28	0.549
Depression^*
No depression	35	48.72		40.71
Depression	16	34.48	*< 0.001*	38.15	0.447
BMI^*
Underweight/Normal	19	43.78		43.21
Overweight/Obese	30	44.29	0.890	38.24	0.125

95% CI: 95% Confidence interval; ^*: adjusted for age and sex; ^**: adjusted for age; ^***: adjusted for sex.