Open AccessWarmer Weather and the Risk of Urinary Tract Infections in Women
Author(s) -
Jacob E. Simmering,
Linnea A. Polgreen,
Joseph E. Cavanaugh,
Beth Erickson,
Manish Suneja,
Philip M. Polgreen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1097/ju.0000000000001383
Subject(s) - urinary system , medicine , incidence (geometry) , metropolitan area , risk factor , poisson regression , demography , environmental health , population , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
The incidence of urinary tract infections is seasonal, peaking in summer months. One possible mechanism for the observed seasonality of urinary tract infections is warmer weather.