Urinary incontinence and waist circumference in older women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Krause, Maressa P ^a   Albert, Steven M ^a   Elsangedy, Hassan M ^b   Krinski, Kleverton ^b   Goss, Fredric L ^a   daSilva, Sergio G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Elderly; Functional fitness; Older women; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77949419174     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp208     Document Type: Article

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