Low-fat dietary pattern reduces urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women: post hoc analysis of the Women's Health Initiative Diet Modification Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urinary incontinence affects >40% of women in the United States, with an annual societal cost of >$12 billion and demonstrated associations with depressive symptoms, social isolation, and loss of work productivity. Weight has been established as an exposure that increases urinary incontinence risk and certain dietary components have been associated with urinary incontinence symptoms. We hypothesized that diet plays a key role in the association between weight and urinary incontinence in US women.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the effect of a low-fat diet on urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women as a post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial of diet modification.

Study design

This was a post hoc analysis of the Women's Health Initiati

SUBMITTER: Rogo-Gupta LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9563654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature