Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: Who is at risk?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 841-851

  Varma, Madhulika G ^a   Brown, Jeanette S ^a   Creasman, Jennifer M ^a   Thom, David H ^a   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^b   Beattie, Mary S ^a   Subak, Leslee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fecal incontinence; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744918800     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0535-0     Document Type: Review

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