Association of impaired respiratory function with urinary incontinence.
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated the relationship between urinary incontinence and respiratory function in middle-aged and older Japanese men.


METHODS
Seven hundred community-dwelling men aged 40 years or above were recruited from community centres and hospital outpatient clinics. The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form was administered to ascertain their urinary incontinence status. Standardized spirometric measurements of respiratory function were performed.


RESULTS
The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 7.6% among the 668 eligible participants (mean age 62.7 years). The 51 men who leaked urine had significantly lower FEV1 and FVC than those who were continent (P < 0.01). The adjusted risks of urinary incontinence were 0.67 (95% CI: 0.43-1.04) and 0.63 (95% CI: 0.40-0.98) for the two continuous respiratory function variables (L), respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings indicate an inverse association between urinary incontinence and respiratory function and an additional health burden in lung diseases.
Hirayama
Fumi
F
School of Public Health and National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
Lee
Andy H
AH
Binns
Colin W
CW
Nishimura
Koichi
K
Taniguchi
Hiroyuki
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013147:Spirometry; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology