Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is an established and modifiable risk factor for urinary incontinence, but conclusive evidence for a beneficial effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence is lacking.

Methods

We randomly assigned 338 overweight and obese women with at least 10 urinary-incontinence episodes per week to an intensive 6-month weight-loss program that included diet, exercise, and behavior modification (226 patients) or to a structured education program (112 patients).

Results

The mean (+/-SD) age of the participants was 53+/-11 years. The body-mass index (BMI) (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) and the weekly number of incontinence episodes as recorded in a 7-day diary of voiding were similar in the intervention group and the contr

SUBMITTER: Subak LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2877497 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature