Green tea drinking is inversely associated with urinary incontinence in middle-aged and older women

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1262-1265

  Hirayama, Fumi ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

green tea; older women; protective factor; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOLONG TEA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEA; THEA NIGRA; URINALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEVERAGES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 80052064912     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20987     Document Type: Article

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