title: Obesity and stress urinary incontinence: significance of indices of relative weight.
abstract: We analyzed the significance of weight and various indices of relative weight in the assessment of genuine stress incontinence (GSI) in 193 female patients. Body mass index [BMI = weight/(height2)] and the other indices of relative weight [weight/height - weight/(height3)] were not markedly different between patients with GSI and a control group of 43 females without demonstrable incontinence. A markedly increased BMI was found to be correlated with a positive clinical stress test. In addition BMI was significantly higher in patients with a higher maximum urethral pressure. We conclude that although obese women tend to have higher maximum urethral pressures, this advantage disappears in regard to the maximum urethral closure pressure, resulting in a higher prevalence of positive clinical stress test.
authors: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kölbl
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Riss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011312:Pressure; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics