Body composition may affect older women's risk of urinary incontinence

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/w-bcm120616.php

ublic Release: 6-Dec-2016
Body composition may affect older women's risk of urinary incontinence
Wiley

In a study of older women, the prevalence of stress- and urgency urinary incontinence (SUI and UUI) was at least two-fold higher among women in the highest category of body mass index (BMI) or fat mass compared with women in the lowest category.

Also, women who lost at least 5% of their BMI or fat mass were less likely to experience new or persistent SUI over 3 years than women with less weight loss.

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