Long-term prevalence and predictors of urinary incontinence among women in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the long-term prevalence and predictors of weekly urinary incontinence in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, a follow-up study of the Diabetes Prevention Program randomized clinical trial of overweight adults with impaired glucose tolerance.

Methods

This analysis included 1778 female participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study who had been randomly assigned during the Diabetes Prevention Program to intensive lifestyle intervention (n = 582), metformin (n = 589) or placebo (n = 607). The study participants completed semi-annual assessments after the final Diabetes Prevention Program visit and for 6 years until October 2008.

Results

At the study entry, the prevalence of weekly urinary incontinence was lower in the in

SUBMITTER: Phelan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4387889 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature