title: Childhood enuresis is a risk factor for bladder dysfunction in adult life?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the relationship between enuresis in childhood and the type of urinary incontinence in adults, considering the gender and age.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this retrospective cohort study the database used contained the records of patients who had with urinary complaints and underwent urodynamic studies in the period from 1999 to 2008. A multinomial logistic regression model was adjusted for the type of UI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 661 patient records were analyzed, 585 (88.5%) women and 76 (11.5%) men, with mean age 54 (SD = 13.3). Patients with urge urinary incontinence (UUI) were compared to those with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and the variables associated were the presence of enuresis in childhood (OR = 2.37, IC: 1.43-3.92) and age >50 years (OR = 2.64, CI: 1.68-4.15). Comparing patients with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and SUI, the presence of enuresis was also associated ((OR = 1.77, CI: 1.15-2.73) and the age of more than 50 years (OR = 1.71, CI: 1.19-2.44). For both categories of urinary incontinence, the variable sex was not associated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individuals with MUI and UUI in adult life were more likely to have a history of enuresis in childhood than those with SUI.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. cdancona@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Carlos Arturo Levi
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: D'Ancona
authors.forename: Maria Helena Baena de Moraes
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Anna Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Faleiros-Martins
authors.forename: Adélia Correia
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lúcio
authors.forename: Renata Martins
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: José Vilton
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D004775:Enuresis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D053202:Urinary Incontinence, Urge / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics