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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
Objective:
To determine if there is a difference in neck
circumference in women with urinary incontinence
compared to women without urinary incontinence.
Methods:
This study is a retrospective chart review derived
from a sample of 234 female patients, all of whom had an
initial visit to the Bariatric Clinic at Buffalo General Medical
Center between the dates of March 2016 and October
2016. Their history and physical examination was reviewed
to determine if they reported urinary incontinence. The
women were then divided into two groups, those with
urinary incontinence and those without. The patient’s initial
neck circumference, age, and BMI were obtained from the
chart. Only those women with full data sets were included in
the statistical analysis (n=230). The T-test and ANCOVA were
used for statistical analysis.
Results:
No significant difference in neck circumference or
BMI was observed between the cases and the controls. The
mean neck circumference for the controls was 40.2±3.7 and
40.3±3.9 in the cases (p=0.791). The mean BMI was actually
higher in the controls 47.3±9.1, while the mean BMI in the
cases was 46.4±8.2 (p=0.768). The mean age of the cases
was greater than the controls. When age was included as
a confounding variable and ANCOVA was performed, there
was minimal change in p values.
Conclusion:
In the bariatric population, a larger neck
circumference is not reliably associated with urinary
incontinence.
e:
tablove@buffalo.eduIs neck circumference an effective predictor of urinary incontinence in a bariatric population?
Jennifer Slagus
University at Buffalo, USA
J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-003