Weight loss: a novel and effective treatment for urinary incontinence.

PubWeight™: 2.52‹?› | Rank: Top 2%

🔗 View Article (PMC 1557356)

Published in J Urol on July 01, 2005

Authors

Leslee L Subak1, Emily Whitcomb, Hui Shen, Joan Saxton, Eric Vittinghoff, Jeanette S Brown

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. subakl@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Articles citing this

Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.58

Urinary incontinence in women: part 1 of a series of articles on incontinence. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2010) 1.95

Weight loss prevents urinary incontinence in women with type 2 diabetes: results from the Look AHEAD trial. J Urol (2012) 1.85

Practical aspects of lifestyle modifications and behavioural interventions in the treatment of overactive bladder and urgency urinary incontinence. Int J Clin Pract (2009) 1.80

Prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence in women with type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2002. Diabetes Care (2006) 1.71

Prevalence and trends of symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in U.S. women. Obstet Gynecol (2014) 1.70

Risk factors for urinary incontinence among women with type 1 diabetes: findings from the epidemiology of diabetes interventions and complications study. Urology (2009) 1.55

The impact of obesity on urinary incontinence symptoms, severity, urodynamic characteristics and quality of life. J Urol (2009) 1.55

Obesity and urinary incontinence: epidemiology and clinical research update. J Urol (2009) 1.52

Urinary retention rates after intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injection for idiopathic overactive bladder in clinical practice and predictors of this outcome. Neurourol Urodyn (2014) 1.51

Lifestyle intervention is associated with lower prevalence of urinary incontinence: the Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetes Care (2006) 1.50

Urinary Incontinence Before and After Bariatric Surgery. JAMA Intern Med (2015) 1.47

Population based study of incidence and predictors of urinary incontinence in black and white older adults. J Urol (2008) 1.37

Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women: results at 12 and 18 months. J Urol (2010) 1.31

Sequence variant in the laminin gamma1 (LAMC1) gene associated with familial pelvic organ prolapse. Hum Genet (2006) 1.23

Urodynamic characterization of obese women with urinary incontinence undergoing a weight loss program: the Program to Reduce Incontinence by Diet and Exercise (PRIDE) trial. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2008) 1.21

Obesity and pelvic floor disorders: a systematic review. Obstet Gynecol (2008) 1.17

Association between urinary incontinence and depressive symptoms in overweight and obese women. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2009) 1.09

CUA guideline on adult overactive bladder. Can Urol Assoc J (2017) 1.08

Body weight through adult life and risk of urinary incontinence in middle-aged women: results from a British prospective cohort. Int J Obes (Lond) (2008) 1.05

Effect of weight change on natural history of pelvic organ prolapse. Obstet Gynecol (2009) 1.05

Weight change in control group participants in behavioural weight loss interventions: a systematic review and meta-regression study. BMC Med Res Methodol (2012) 1.01

Improving urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women through modest weight loss. Obstet Gynecol (2010) 1.00

The association between diabetes mellitus and urinary incontinence in adult women. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2009) 0.92

Weight loss improves fecal incontinence severity in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J (2011) 0.92

Prevalence and degree of bother from pelvic floor disorders in obese women. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2008) 0.91

The risk of anal incontinence in obese women. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2007) 0.89

Fecal incontinence in obese women with urinary incontinence: prevalence and role of dietary fiber intake. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2009) 0.85

Diabetes mellitus and female urinary incontinence: a time for change. Int Urogynecol J (2012) 0.83

Obesity and outcomes after sacrocolpopexy. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2008) 0.82

Animal models of diabetic uropathy. J Urol (2009) 0.82

The influence of the modifiable life-style factors body mass index and smoking on the outcome of mid-urethral sling procedures for female urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J (2015) 0.80

Behavioral intervention versus pharmacotherapy or their combinations in the management of overactive bladder dysfunction. Adv Urol (2009) 0.79

Prevalence of urinary incontinence and its association with body mass index among women in Puerto Rico. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (2009) 0.78

Assessment of symptoms of urinary incontinence in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Clinics (Sao Paulo) (2011) 0.77

The improvement in pelvic floor symptoms with weight loss in obese women does not correlate with the changes in pelvic anatomy. Int Urogynecol J (2014) 0.77

Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in women. Open Access J Urol (2011) 0.77

The validity and responsiveness of the ICECAP-A capability-well-being measure in women with irritative lower urinary tract symptoms. Qual Life Res (2016) 0.76

The effect of weight loss on changes in health-related quality of life among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence. Qual Life Res (2011) 0.76

Weight and urinary incontinence: the missing links. Int Urogynecol J (2013) 0.76

The Impact of Obesity and Weight Loss on Urinary and Bowel Incontinence Symptoms in Women. Menopausal Med (2011) 0.75

Effect of Age, Educational Status, Parity and BMI on Development of Urinary Incontinence - a Cross Sectional Study in Saudi Population. Mater Sociomed (2015) 0.75

Advancing a Comprehensive Approach to the Study of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. J Urol (2016) 0.75

Urinary incontinence: can weight loss treat urinary incontinence in obese women? Nat Rev Urol (2009) 0.75

Association between Muscle Loss and Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Korean Women. Korean J Fam Med (2015) 0.75

Update in women's health. J Gen Intern Med (2009) 0.75

Effects of bariatric surgery on urinary incontinence. Ther Clin Risk Manag (2017) 0.75

Liraglutide 3.0 mg for Weight Management: A Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis. Clin Pharmacokinet (2016) 0.75

Does BMI, gender or age affect efficacy/tolerability of solifenacin in the management of overactive bladder? Int Urogynecol J (2016) 0.75

Obesity and stress urinary incontinence in women: compromised continence mechanism or excess bladder pressure during cough? Int Urogynecol J (2017) 0.75

Considerations for the management of urgency symptoms in patients with overactive bladder syndrome. World J Urol (2009) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin. N Engl J Med (2002) 101.79

Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001. JAMA (2003) 25.44

Annual deaths attributable to obesity in the United States. JAMA (1999) 8.62

Health-related quality of life measures for women with urinary incontinence: the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire and the Urogenital Distress Inventory. Continence Program in Women (CPW) Research Group. Qual Life Res (1994) 6.73

Behavioral vs drug treatment for urge urinary incontinence in older women: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (1998) 3.61

Prevalence of urinary incontinence and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women. Heart & Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Research Group. Obstet Gynecol (1999) 3.19

The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function. The International Continence Society Committee on Standardisation of Terminology. Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl (1988) 3.12

Are smoking and other lifestyle factors associated with female urinary incontinence? The Norwegian EPINCONT Study. BJOG (2003) 2.99

Urinary incontinence in older women: who is at risk? Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. Obstet Gynecol (1996) 2.09

Results of the Diet, Exercise, and Weight Loss Intervention Trial (DEW-IT). Hypertension (2002) 2.08

Obesity and lower urinary tract function in women: effect of surgically induced weight loss. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1992) 1.67

Urinary stress incontinence among obese women: review of pathophysiology therapy. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2000) 1.57

Reproducibility of the seven-day voiding diary in women with stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2000) 1.51

Does weight loss improve incontinence in moderately obese women? Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct (2002) 1.49

Gynecologic-obstetric changes after loss of massive excess weight following bariatric surgery. J Am Coll Nutr (1988) 1.38

Measurement characteristics of a voiding diary for use by men and women with overactive bladder. Urology (2003) 1.35

Articles by these authors

Identification of a CpG island methylator phenotype that defines a distinct subgroup of glioma. Cancer Cell (2010) 16.12

Integrated genomic characterization of endometrial carcinoma. Nature (2013) 14.29

Absolute quantification of somatic DNA alterations in human cancer. Nat Biotechnol (2012) 10.87

Decreases in community viral load are accompanied by reductions in new HIV infections in San Francisco. PLoS One (2010) 10.39

Pan-cancer patterns of somatic copy number alteration. Nat Genet (2013) 7.73

Depressive symptoms, health behaviors, and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease. JAMA (2008) 6.50

Age-dependent DNA methylation of genes that are suppressed in stem cells is a hallmark of cancer. Genome Res (2010) 6.03

Comprehensive, Integrative Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.71

Racial differences in incident heart failure among young adults. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.60

Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.58

Short-course rifampin and pyrazinamide compared with isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection: a multicenter clinical trial. Ann Intern Med (2002) 5.42

Glycemic effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Intern Med (2003) 5.38

Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality. JAMA (2010) 5.20

Quality-of-life and depressive symptoms in postmenopausal women after receiving hormone therapy: results from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) trial. JAMA (2002) 5.07

Limited knowledge and use of HIV post- and pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay and bisexual men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2008) 5.05

Cardiovascular disease outcomes during 6.8 years of hormone therapy: Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study follow-up (HERS II). JAMA (2002) 4.91

Genome-scale analysis of aberrant DNA methylation in colorectal cancer. Genome Res (2011) 4.84

Neuroadaptations in cystine-glutamate exchange underlie cocaine relapse. Nat Neurosci (2003) 4.63

Racial differences in the progression from chronic renal insufficiency to end-stage renal disease in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol (2003) 4.28

Posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among US veterans. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2010) 4.27

Substance use and sexual risk: a participant- and episode-level analysis among a cohort of men who have sex with men. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 4.03

Screening ethnically diverse human embryonic stem cells identifies a chromosome 20 minimal amplicon conferring growth advantage. Nat Biotechnol (2011) 3.97

The sensitivity and specificity of a simple test to distinguish between urge and stress urinary incontinence. Ann Intern Med (2006) 3.93

Therapy modifications in response to poorly controlled hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med (2006) 3.71

Frequency of stress testing to document ischemia prior to elective percutaneous coronary intervention. JAMA (2008) 3.62

Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of heart failure, other cardiovascular events, and death. Arch Intern Med (2005) 3.56

Sexual risk, nitrite inhalant use, and lack of circumcision associated with HIV seroconversion in men who have sex with men in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2005) 3.54

GWAS meta-analysis and replication identifies three new susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer. Nat Genet (2013) 3.42

The origin and neuronal function of in vivo nonsynaptic glutamate. J Neurosci (2002) 3.40

Longitudinal patterns of methamphetamine, popper (amyl nitrite), and cocaine use and high-risk sexual behavior among a cohort of san francisco men who have sex with men. J Urban Health (2005) 3.33

Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicity. J Urol (2006) 3.30

Support from hospital to home for elders: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.21

Recommendations for intrauterine contraception: a randomized trial of the effects of patients' race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2010) 3.18

Thiazolidinedione use and bone loss in older diabetic adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2006) 3.15

Noncardiovascular disease outcomes during 6.8 years of hormone therapy: Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study follow-up (HERS II). JAMA (2002) 3.13

Prospective multicenter study of eligibility for antiviral therapy among 4,084 U.S. veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Am J Gastroenterol (2005) 3.09

Modelling clustered survival data from multicentre clinical trials. Stat Med (2004) 3.02

Food insecurity is associated with diabetes mellitus: results from the National Health Examination and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 3.01

Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Papillary Renal-Cell Carcinoma. N Engl J Med (2015) 3.00

What drives the US and Peruvian HIV epidemics in men who have sex with men (MSM)? PLoS One (2012) 2.97

Inferring tumour purity and stromal and immune cell admixture from expression data. Nat Commun (2013) 2.94

Fetuin-A and incident diabetes mellitus in older persons. JAMA (2008) 2.92

Prevalence of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection in homosexual men at beginning of and during the HIV epidemic. JAMA (2002) 2.91

Endoscopic and surgical treatments for achalasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Surg (2009) 2.89

The incidence of end-stage renal disease is increasing faster than the prevalence of chronic renal insufficiency. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.86

Effect of awareness of language law on language access in the health care setting. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 2.82

High interest in preexposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men at risk for HIV infection: baseline data from the US PrEP demonstration project. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2015) 2.80

Training the next generation of research mentors: the University of California, San Francisco, Clinical & Translational Science Institute Mentor Development Program. Clin Transl Sci (2009) 2.60

Sexual activity and function in middle-aged and older women. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 2.59

Phytochrome Interacting Factors: central players in phytochrome-mediated light signaling networks. Trends Plant Sci (2007) 2.57

A randomized comparison of total or supracervical hysterectomy: surgical complications and clinical outcomes. Obstet Gynecol (2003) 2.57

A multidimensional index and staging system for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Ann Intern Med (2012) 2.54

Prehypertension during young adulthood and coronary calcium later in life. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.49

Arterial imaging outcomes and cardiovascular risk factors in recently menopausal women: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2014) 2.48

Pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States, 1997. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2002) 2.43

Diabetes-related complications, glycemic control, and falls in older adults. Diabetes Care (2007) 2.39

Determinants of enrollment in a preventive HIV vaccine trial: hypothetical versus actual willingness and barriers to participation. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2004) 2.39

Perioperative use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risks for adverse outcomes of surgery. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.38

Nonoptimal lipids commonly present in young adults and coronary calcium later in life: the CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) study. Ann Intern Med (2010) 2.37

Five years of denosumab exposure in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis: results from the first two years of the FREEDOM extension. J Bone Miner Res (2012) 2.34

Sexual risk behaviors and implications for secondary HIV transmission during and after HIV seroconversion. AIDS (2002) 2.33

Risk prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: the ADRESS-HCC risk model. Cancer (2014) 2.26

Subclinical hyperthyroidism and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.24

An innovative program to train health sciences researchers to be effective clinical and translational research mentors. Acad Med (2010) 2.24

Comanagement of surgical patients between neurosurgeons and hospitalists. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.22

Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: prevalence and risk factors in a population-based, racially diverse cohort. Obstet Gynecol (2007) 2.22

Age-Specific prevalence of anal human papillomavirus infection in HIV-negative sexually active men who have sex with men: the EXPLORE study. J Infect Dis (2004) 2.21

Intensive blood pressure control, falls, and fractures in patients with type 2 diabetes: the ACCORD trial. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 2.20

Volume of mammographic density and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2011) 2.18

Subgroup interactions in the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study: lessons learned. Circulation (2002) 2.18

Identifying major depression using whole-brain functional connectivity: a multivariate pattern analysis. Brain (2012) 2.15

GLP-1 receptor stimulation preserves primary cortical and dopaminergic neurons in cellular and rodent models of stroke and Parkinsonism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.15

Beta-blockers for chest pain associated with recent cocaine use. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.14

Impact of proactive rounding by a rapid response team on patient outcomes at an academic medical center. J Hosp Med (2012) 2.12

The impact of multimorbidity on sexual function in middle-aged and older women: beyond the single disease perspective. J Sex Med (2014) 2.12

Statin use and postoperative atrial fibrillation after major noncardiac surgery. Heart Rhythm (2011) 2.11

Association between marijuana exposure and pulmonary function over 20 years. JAMA (2012) 2.09

Association of major and minor ECG abnormalities with coronary heart disease events. JAMA (2012) 2.07

Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. Menopause (2009) 2.07

Comparative studies of de novo assembly tools for next-generation sequencing technologies. Bioinformatics (2011) 2.05

Better weight loss, resolution of diabetes, and quality of life for laparoscopic gastric bypass vs banding: results of a 2-cohort pair-matched study. Arch Surg (2011) 2.05

Association of BMD and FRAX score with risk of fracture in older adults with type 2 diabetes. JAMA (2011) 2.04

Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: who is at risk? Dis Colon Rectum (2006) 2.01

Impact of decreased heparin dose for flush-lock of implanted venous access ports in pediatric oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer (2014) 2.00

Effect of hysterectomy vs medical treatment on health-related quality of life and sexual functioning: the medicine or surgery (Ms) randomized trial. JAMA (2004) 1.97

Postmenopausal hormone therapy: does it cause incontinence? Obstet Gynecol (2005) 1.94

A treatment-resistant default mode subnetwork in major depression. Biol Psychiatry (2012) 1.94

A clinical scoring system for predicting nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in morbidly obese patients. Hepatology (2008) 1.93

Amphetamine-group substances and HIV. Lancet (2010) 1.93

Higher cardiovascular disease prevalence and mortality among younger blacks compared to whites. Am J Med (2010) 1.92

Control of hypertension in adults with chronic kidney disease in the United States. Hypertension (2005) 1.92

Relationship between bone mineral density changes with denosumab treatment and risk reduction for vertebral and nonvertebral fractures. J Bone Miner Res (2012) 1.92

A genomewide linkage scan for quantitative-trait loci for obesity phenotypes. Am J Hum Genet (2002) 1.91

European ancestry as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation in African Americans. Circulation (2010) 1.90

PIF1 directly and indirectly regulates chlorophyll biosynthesis to optimize the greening process in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.89

Nondaily smokers should be asked and advised to quit. Am J Prev Med (2006) 1.88

Association of spinal muscle composition and prevalence of hyperkyphosis in healthy community-dwelling older men and women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2011) 1.86

Weight loss prevents urinary incontinence in women with type 2 diabetes: results from the Look AHEAD trial. J Urol (2012) 1.85