title: Prevalence, incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in women: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine incidence and remission of UI as well as changes in UI prevalence in the Norwegian EPINCONT surveys.
  
  
  METHODS
  The EPINCONT surveys were conducted in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, as part of two large cross-sectional health surveys (HUNT2 and HUNT3) in 1995 - 1997 (EPINCONT1 (E1)), and 2006 - 2008 (EPINCONT2 (E2)). EPINCONT collected information about prevalence of UI, as well as information about type and severity of UI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 16% relative increase in UI prevalence was found in 11 years. The women who answered E2 were significantly older, had a higher BMI and higher prevalence of diseases such as asthma, diabetes and angina compared with the women who answered E1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Crude UI prevalence increased between the studies. Changes in known risk factors for UI such as age, BMI, weight and parity could explain some of the relative increase in prevalence, and were also found to be associated with either incidence of UI, remission of UI or both.
authors.forename: Marit Helen
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ebbesen
authors.forename: Steinar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hunskaar
authors.forename: Guri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rortveit
authors.forename: Yngvild Skaatun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hannestad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014549:Urinary Incontinence; D016387:Women's Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult