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Pelvic floor disorders among indigenous women living in Xingu Indian Park, Brazil.

Maíta Poli de AraujoClaudia Cristina TakanoManoel João Batista Castello GirãoMarair Gracio Ferreira Sartori
Published in: International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction (2009)
Urinary incontinence was uncommon in Xingu indigenous women. Like non-indigenous communities, age and parity were the most important risk factors to the genital prolapse.
Keyphrases
  • urinary incontinence
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • risk factors
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • breast cancer risk
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • pregnant women
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle