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Risk Factors for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Middle Aged and Elderly Thai Women
WACHIRA KOCHAKARN, M.D.**,
KRISADA RATANA-OLARN, M.D.**
Objective : To determine risk factors of stress urinary incontinence in middle aged and
elderly Thai women.
Material and Method : Between March 1999 and January 2000, 46 women with stress
urinary incontinence (SUI) with the mean age of 49.05 years old and 168 continent women with
the mean age of 49.05 years old were interviewed. The risk factors (e.g. cigarette smoking,
childbirth, menopausal status, family history, previous abdominal hysterectomy, transvaginal sur-
gery and body mass index) were studied. The Chi Square or Fisher exact test were used for statis-
tical analysis and p
KRISADA RATANA-OLARN, M.D.**
Objective : To determine risk factors of stress urinary incontinence in middle aged and
elderly Thai women.
Material and Method : Between March 1999 and January 2000, 46 women with stress
urinary incontinence (SUI) with the mean age of 49.05 years old and 168 continent women with
the mean age of 49.05 years old were interviewed. The risk factors (e.g. cigarette smoking,
childbirth, menopausal status, family history, previous abdominal hysterectomy, transvaginal sur-
gery and body mass index) were studied. The Chi Square or Fisher exact test were used for statis-
tical analysis and p
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