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Urinary incontinence, the loss of bladder control, is a common condition 鈥� especially in older adults 鈥� that research has suggested can affect between 38% and 60% of women. Now, a team of American researchers 鈥� from the , and 鈥� a possible association between urinary incontinence and a greater risk for cardiovascular disease in women.

The researchers had set out to discover whether urinary incontinence was linked to a decline in physical activity, such a decline that can lead to a host of health issues, including greater risk for cardiovascular disease. Led by University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Assistant Professor Lisa VanWiel, more than two years of medical records from over 20,000 female patients in Connecticut鈥檚 Hartford Healthcare system were analysed.

Through a questionnaire, 5.4% of these female patients had reported urinary incontinence 鈥� all patients also being asked to rate their level of physical activity in the questionnaire. While those patients with urinary incontinence did not report engaging in less physical activity than those without the condition, the researchers did observe an association between the urinary incontinence patients and cardiovascular disease risk factors or events, such as dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes and stroke.

鈥淭here is an association between incontinence and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk,鈥� the researchers wrote. 鈥淲omen should be screened for incontinence regularly as it may contribute to CVD risk, and women with CVD risk factors should be screened for undiagnosed incontinence.鈥� The study 鈥� titled 鈥楢ssociations of urinary incontinence, physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk among women in the United States鈥� 鈥� was published in the May 2025 edition of Preventive Medicine ().

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