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Published at www.nejm.org May 21, 2007 (10.1056/NEJMe078068)

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Urinary incontinence is a common condition affecting 20 to 40% of older women.¹ The two most common types of urinary incontinence are stress incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine resulting from increased abdominal pressures (such as with a cough or Valsalva's maneuver), and urge incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine after an unwanted contraction of the detrusor muscle.² Some patients have mixed incontinence with both types of conditions.

The frequency of both types of urinary incontinence increases with age, with peaks in prevalence around menopause and after the age of 65 years.^3,4 Obesity and multiparity are recognized risk factors for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center — both in Lebanon, NH.

This article (10.1056/NEJMe078068) was published at www.nejm.org on May 21, 2007. It will appear in the May 24 issue of the Journal.

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