Exploring the relation between obesity and urinary incontinence: Pathophysiology, clinical implications, and the effect of weight reduction, ICI-RS 2018.

T A T MarcelissenRalf AndingMarcio Augusto AverbeckAnn Hanna-MitchellMohammad Sajjad Rahnama'iLinda Cardozo

Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics (2020)

Obesity is strongly associated with an increased prevalence of both stress and urgency UI. The treatment outcome does not seem to be highly dependent on BMI. Weight reduction is positively correlated with improvement of incontinence symptoms and therefore should be advocated in the management.

Keyphrases

urinary incontinence
weight gain
weight loss
body mass index
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
physical activity
body weight