Physical Activity and Incident Urinary Incontinence in Middle-Aged Women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1012-1017

  Townsend, Mary K ^a,b   Danforth, Kim N ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^a,b   Curhan, Gary C ^a,b   Resnick, Neil M ^c   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; motor activity; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 39149094921     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.10.058     Document Type: Article

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