American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 5 , Pages 510.e1-510.e6 , November 2009

Racial differences in bother for women with urinary incontinence in the Establishing the Prevalence of Incontinence (EPI) study

Presented at the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, March 30-April 1, 2009.

  • Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Pelvic Floor Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Cynthia Brincat, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Pelvic Floor Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Elisa R. Trowbridge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
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  • John O.L. DeLancey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Pelvic Floor Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Kenneth Guire, MA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Pelvic Floor Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Divya A. Patel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Pelvic Floor Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Dee E. Fenner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecology, Pelvic Floor Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Received 29 December 2008 ,Revised 27 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Lewicky-Gaupp C, Brincat C, Trowbridge ER, et al. Racial differences in bother for women with urinary incontinence in the Establishing the Prevalence of Incontinence (EPI) study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:510.e1-6.

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 This study was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant R01 HD 041123.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00641-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.019

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 5 , Pages 510.e1-510.e6 , November 2009

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