Incidence and risk factors of female urinary incontinence: a 4-year longitudinal study among 24 985 adult women in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the incidence of urinary incontinence (UI), including its subtypes stress UI (SUI), urgency UI (UUI) and mixed UI (MUI), and to examine risk factors for de novo SUI and UUI in Chinese women.

Design

Nationwide longitudinal study.

Setting

Six geographic regions of China.

Participants

Women aged ≥20 years old were included using a multistage, stratified, cluster sampling method.

Methods

This study was conducted between May 2014 and March 2016, with follow up in 2018. Data on demographics, medical history, lifestyle and physiological and anthropometric information were collected.

Main outcome measurements

Incidence, rate ratio (RR).

Results

Analyses included 24 985 women (mean age 41.9 years).The follow-up response rate wa

SUBMITTER: Pang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298368 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature