Open AccessAssociation of race with anal incontinence in parous women
Author(s) -
Runzhi Wang,
Álvaro Muñoz,
Joan L. Blomquist,
Victoria L. Handa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international urogynecology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1433-3023
pISSN - 0937-3462
DOI - 10.1007/s00192-019-04144-z
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , odds , logistic regression , body mass index , prospective cohort study , asymptomatic , obstetrics , demography , gynecology , sociology
To investigate the relationship between race and anal incontinence (AI). Our hypotheses were (a) AI symptoms are similar between white and black women and (b) asymptomatic black and white women are equally likely to develop AI over one year of prospective observation.