Table 4 Association between urinary Incontinence and selected variables among pregnant women at university of Gondar hospital, March 2014, Gondar, Ethiopia [N = 422]

History of surgery

None

31

311

1

1

Episiotomy

9

36

2.5 [1.1–5.68]*

3.9 [1.2–12.57]**

0.023

Gynecological surgery

6

16

3.7 [1.37–10.3]*

19.4 [3.2–117]**

0.001

Abdominal surgery

2

11

1.82 [0.38–8.6]

0.54 [0.4–7.28]

0.644

Constipation

Never

14

222

1

1

Rarely

5

102

0.78 [0.232.216]

0.70 [0.20–2.49]

0.592

Sometimes

16

32

7.9 [3.5–17.78]*

7.19 [2.5–19.9]**

<0.001

Often

13

18

11.45 [4.7–28]*

12 [3.6–40.5]**

<0.001

Parity

0

14

118

1

1

1

9

117

0.64 [0.27–1.55]

0.43 [0.12–1.56]

0.201

2

11

71

1.3 [.56–3.033]

0.66 [0.16–2.72]

0.564

3

9

26

2.9 [1.14–7.46]

1.61 [0.38–6.88]

0.512

≥4

5

374

1.003 [.34–2.95]

0.6 [0.12–2.91]

0.527

Respiratory problems

None

24

327

1

1

Chronic cough/sneezing

10

26

5.24 [2.2–12.1]*

4.05 [1.5–10.5]**

0.005

Asthma/Allergies/sinusitis

14

21

7.6 [3.0–19.15]*

10.6 [3.4–33.2]**

<0.001

Mode of pervious delivery

None

17

144

1

1

vaginal

4

32

1.05 [0.33–3.36]

0.6 [0.14–2.51]

0.485

instrumental

1

10

0.85 [0.11–0.70]

0.4 [0.4–4.41]

0.566

Caesarean

26

188

1.17 [0.61–2.24]

1.23 [0.14–10.9]

0.848