1. Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Reduces Urinary Incontinence in Overweight/Obese Men with Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the Look AHEAD Trial
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Breyer, Benjamin N, Phelan, Suzanne, Hogan, Patricia E, Rosen, Raymond C, Kitabchi, Abbas E, Wing, Rena R, Brown, Jeanette S, and Group, Look AHEAD Research
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Prevention ,Nutrition ,Diabetes ,Obesity ,Urologic Diseases ,Aging ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Renal and urogenital ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Type 2 ,Humans ,Life Style ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Overweight ,Single-Blind Method ,Urinary Incontinence ,diabetes mellitus ,weight loss ,urinary incontinence ,nocturia ,Look AHEAD Research Group - Abstract
PurposeWe determined the effect of an intensive lifestyle intervention on the prevalence, incidence and resolution of bothersome nocturia, increased daytime urinary voiding and urinary incontinence in overweight/obese men with type 2 diabetes after 1 year in the Look AHEAD trial.Materials and methodsA subset of male Look AHEAD participants was selected for this secondary data analysis. Overall 1,910 men with an average (mean ± SD) age of 59.9 ± 6.7 years and body mass index of 35.2 ± 5.5 kg/m(2) were randomized to an intensive lifestyle intervention or diabetes support and education group. All participants self-reported information regarding incontinence, nocturia and daytime urinary voiding at entry and 1 year.ResultsAfter 1 year the intensive lifestyle intervention group lost significantly more weight than the diabetes support and education group (9.4% ± 7.0% vs 0.7% ± 4.5%, respectively; p
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- 2014