American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 2 , Pages 167.e1-167.e5 , August 2007

Incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in middle-aged women

  • Mary K. Townsend, BA

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Mary Townsend, Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • Kim N. Danforth, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Karen L. Lifford, MD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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  • Bernard Rosner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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  • Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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  • Neil M. Resnick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
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  • Francine Grodstein, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Received 16 October 2006 ,Revised 3 January 2007 ,Accepted 12 March 2007.

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 This work was supported in part by Grants DK62438 and CA50385 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). M.K.T. is supported by NIH Grant R25 GM55353.

 Cite this article as: Townsend MK, Danforth KN, Lifford KL, et al. Incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in middle-aged women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:167.e1-167.e5.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00408-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.041

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 2 , Pages 167.e1-167.e5 , August 2007

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