title: Valsalva leak point pressure-associated Q-tip angle and simple female stress urinary incontinence symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To clarify the association between clinically defined simple stress urinary incontinence (SUI) symptoms and urodynamic SUI, we examined the relationship between Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP) as measured by the Q-tip test and Stamey grade in simple female SUI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred grade I or II female SUI patients with SUI symptom were examined by reviewing medical history; physical examination; urethral mobility as assessed by Q-tip test; stress test; and cystometry, including VLPP measurement. On the basis of the VLPP, patients were classified into urethral hypermobility [UH, subdivided into anatomical incontinence (AI) and equivocal incontinence (EI)] or intrinsic sphincter deficiency groups for analysis of the relationship between VLPP and Stamey grade and Q-tip angle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-eight patients were included, and the mean patient age was 54 ± 7.5 years, mean SUI symptom duration 2.8 years (range 0.5-6 years), mean VLPP 103.6 ± 18.4 cm H2O, and mean Q-tip angle 28.6° ± 7.2°. Fifty-three patients were categorized as Stamey grade I, 25 as Stamey grade II, 51 as AI, and 27 as EI. VLPP was found to be negatively correlated with Q-tip angle (Rs = -0.798, Y = -0.313X + 60.95, P < 0.001), and classifications of VLPP and Stamey grade have positive correlation (χ (2) = 4.9130, P = 0.0267).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In simple female SUI, VLPP is associated with the Q-tip angle and Stamey grade, which may help to reduce some of urodynamic items.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Urodynamic Center, Institute of Clinical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China, chenyan.abby@163.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian Guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yu Tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing Wei
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yrjö T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Konttinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver