Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2008 Feb;51(2):212-219.

An analysis of the risk factors for metabolic syndrome affecting stress urinary incontinence in korean middle-aged and older women

• Park HM
• Lee SS
• Park CM
• Park SM
• Park JW
• Yi SW
• Sohn WS

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between metabolic syndrome and stress urinary incontinence.
METHODS
Based form 362 case, the risk factors including the parameters of metabolic syndrome for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) were analyzed retrospectively: body mass index (BMI), hypertension, insulin resistance, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol.
RESULTS
The risk for metabolic syndrome were associated positively with SUI. Women with the risks for metabolic syndrome had 2.503 times of the odds for SUI compared without the risks for metabolic syndrome (95% CI 1.28-4.87, p<0.001). The independent risk factors for SUI were BMI (OR 3.574 ; 95% CI 0.09-0.31, p<0.001) and insulin resistance (OR 2.563 ; 95% CI 0.04-0.31, p=0.011) by multivariate analysis.
CONCLUSION
Our results suggested that metabolic syndrome was the important factor of the stress urnary incontinence. And we confirmed the need for the treatment of metabolic disturbance and the prevention of metabolic syndrome aimed at correcting hormonal-metabolic disturbance in middle-aged and older women with SUI.

Keyword

Stress urinary incontinence; Metabolic syndrome; Risk Factor

MeSH Terms

Body Mass Index
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Insulin Resistance
Risk Factors
Urinary Incontinence