Prevalence and Risk Factors for Urinary Incontinence in Overweight and Obese Diabetic Women

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence among different racial/ethnic groups of overweight and obese women with type 2 diabetes.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study, a randomized clinical trial with 2,994 overweight/obese women with type 2 diabetes.RESULTS Weekly incontinence (27{{}{%}{}}) was reported more often than other diabetes-associated complications, including retinopathy (7.5{{}{%}{}}), microalbuminuria (2.2{{}{%}{}}), and neuropathy (1.5{{}{%}{}}). The prevalence of weekly incontinence was highest among non-Hispanic whites (32{{}{%}{}}) and lowest among African Americans (18{{}{%}{}}), and Asians (12{{}{%}{}}) (P {{}{