Urinary Incontinence

Risk Increases According To Weight And Childbirth, Not Menopause

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 18th, 2001

Although menopause has long been implicated as a cause of urinary incontinence, a new study finds that incontinence in middle age women is more closely related to being very overweight, having three or more children, and having bowel problems.

There was also a higher incidence of urinary incontinence among women who had hysterectomy compared with those who had not had hysterectomy.

The two-part study involved 1,897 Australian women ages 45-55 years combined with a 7-year follow-up of 373 women who were premenopausal at the first follow-up year.

The study found no significant association between urinary incontinence and increasing...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-10-18)

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