The American Menopause Society recently released a journal detailing the results of a study into the relationship between self-reported estrogen use and urinary incontinence among postmenopausal women.
The study was based up on the surveyance of postmenopausal women, of the 167 women surveyed in 1993 and again in 2004, those who had taken estrogen for five years or more were three to four times more likely to report bladder control problems in the second survey than women who had not taken estrogen or took it for less than five years.
The study reported the following findings:
“Among the 167 postmenopausal women who did not report UI in 1993, 47 (28.1%) reported newly incident UI, and 31 (18.6%) reported newly incident UI with condition-specific functional loss in 2004. Of the 167 postmenopausal women, 46 (27.5%) reported using hormone therapy containing estrogen ever, and 14 (8.3%) women reported using hormone therapy containing estrogen for 5 years or more in 1993.”
Estrogen use for 5 years or more was significantly associated with urinary incontinence and with condition-specific functional loss compared with estrogen use for less than 5 years
For further information the journal is available for purchase or society members here.
