title: Prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence in Chinese women: a population-based study.
abstract: To estimate the current prevalence rate of urinary incontinence (UI) and to identify risk factors in Chinese women, we conducted a population-based survey in 3058 women in Beijing, China, in 2009. The prevalence rate of UI was estimated to be 22.1%, with stress UI (12.9%) being more prevalent than urgency UI (1.7%) and mixed UI (7.5%). The prevalence rates of UI, urgency UI, and mixed UI increased with age, with the highest recorded in participants aged ≥70 years. However, stress UI was most commonly seen in participants aged 50 to 69 years. Risk factors for UI included aging, lower education background, older age of menarche, menstrual disorder, pregnancy history, episiotomy, chronic pelvic pain, gynecological disease, other chronic diseases, constipation, fecal incontinence, lower daily water intake, and frequency of high protein intake. UI is a common disorder in Chinese women, and many risk factors are able to affect the development of UI.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Beijing, China Capital Medical University School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Beijing, China Capital Medical University School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Beijing, China Capital Medical University School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xinyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Beijing, China Capital Medical University School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Quanyi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China yongxianlu@163.com.
authors.forename: Yongxian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D044466:Asian People; D000068476:Beijing; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult