Incidence and risk factors for fecal incontinence in black and white older adults: A population-based study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1341-1346

  Markland, Alayne D ^a,b,c   Goode, Patricia S ^a,b,c   Burgio, Kathryn L ^a,b,c   Redden, David T ^a,c   Richter, Holly E ^b,c   Sawyer, Patricia ^b,c   Allman, Richard M ^a,b,c  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; epidemiology; fecal incontinence; functional bowel disorders; gender; incidence; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 77954317787     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02908.x     Document Type: Article

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