Diet as a risk factor for the development of stress urinary incontinence: a longitudinal study in women

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 920 - 926
• Main Authors: DALLOSSO, H, MATTHEWS, R, MCGROTHER, C, DONALDSON, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Nature Publishing 01.06.2004; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Climacteric; Clinical nutrition; Correlation analysis; Diet; Diet - adverse effects; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietary Fats - adverse effects; Dietary intake; Etiology; Fatty acids; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Food intake; Humans; Incidence; Longitudinal Studies; Medical research; Medical sciences; Micronutrients; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Urinary incontinence; Urinary Incontinence, Stress - epidemiology; Urinary Incontinence, Stress - etiology; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Vitamin B 12 - administration & dosage; Vitamin B 12 - adverse effects; Vitamin B12; Women; Zinc - administration & dosage; Zinc - adverse effects; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Monounsaturated fatty acid; Lipids; longitudinal study; Epidemiology; Voiding dysfunction; Female; Public health; Human; Urine; Urinary system disease; Feeding behavior; stress urinary incontinence; Urinary tract disease; Cyanocobalamin; Zinc; Feeding; Micronutrient; Symptomatology; Diet; Saturated fatty acid; Follow up study; Risk factor; Bladder disease; Urinary stress incontinence
• ISSN: 0954-3007; 1476-5640
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601913

To assess the association between diet and the onset of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women aged 40 y plus. The Leicestershire MRC Incontinence Study - a prospective longitudinal study of the prevalence, incidence and aetiology of urinary symptoms. A total of 5816 women aged 40 y plus and living in the community. Urinary symptoms were reported in a postal questionnaire at baseline and at 1-y follow-up. Dietary intake was assessed in a food frequency questionnaire at baseline. Intakes of total fat, saturated fatty acids and monounsaturated fatty acids were associated with an increased risk of SUI onset 1 y later. Of the micronutrients studied, zinc and vitamin B12 were positively associated with SUI onset. The results from this prospective study suggest there may be an aetiological association between certain components of the diet and the onset of SUI. The findings need confirming and possible mechanisms to explain these associations need further investigation.