TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there an association between physical activity and lower urinary tract symptoms in adolescent girls? Results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
AU - Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium
AU - Fitzgerald, Colleen M.
AU - Cunningham, Shayna D.
AU - Berry, Amanda
AU - Gahagan, Sheila
AU - Joinson, Carol
AU - Lindberg, Sarah
AU - Newman, Diane K.
AU - Schmitz, Kathryn H.
AU - Smith, Ariana L.
AU - Sutcliffe, Siobhan
AU - Shoham, David A.
AU - Brubaker, Linda
AU - Mueller, Elizabeth R.
AU - Acevedo-Alvarez, Marian
AU - Hardacker, Cecilia T.
AU - Hebert-Beirne, Jeni
AU - Griffith, James W.
AU - Kenton, Kimberly Sue
AU - Simon, Melissa
AU - Brown, Oluwateniola
AU - Geynisman-Tan, Julia
AU - Mueller, Margaret
AU - Markland, Alayne D.
AU - Vaughan, Camille P.
AU - Coyne-Beasley, Tamera
AU - Burgio, Kathryn L.
AU - Lewis, Cora E.
AU - Williams, Beverly Rosa
AU - Lukacz, Emily S.
AU - Klusaritz, Heather
AU - LaCoursiere, Yvette
AU - Nodora, Jesse
AU - Low, Lisa Kane
AU - Miller, Janis M.
AU - Smith, Abby
AU - McGwin, Gerald
AU - Rudser, Kyle D.
AU - Brady, Sonya S.
AU - Chu, Haitao
AU - Fok, Cynthia S.
AU - Harlow, Bernard L.
AU - Scal, Peter
AU - Rockwood, Todd
AU - Bilger, Andrea
AU - Lipman, Terri H.
AU - Stapleton, Ann E.
AU - Wyman, Jean F.
AU - James, Aimee S.
AU - Lowder, Jerry L.
AU - Meister, Melanie R.
AU - Rickey, Leslie M.
AU - Camenga, Deepa R.
AU - Barthold, Julia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The International Urogynecological Association.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Introduction and hypothesis: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common among adolescent girls. Physical activity (PA) has been implicated as both a risk (high-impact PA) and protective factor (low-impact, moderate to vigorous intensity PA) for LUTS in adult women, but its role in adolescent girls is unclear. This study investigated the prospective association between physical activity and LUTS risk in adolescent girls. Methods: The sample comprised 3,484 female participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine daily minutes of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) at ages 11 and 15 years in relation to LUTS at ages 14 and 19 respectively. MVPA was assessed by 7-day accelerometer data. LUTS were assessed by questionnaire. MVPA were analyzed as continuous (minutes/day) and categorical variables (<10th percentile, 10–89th percentile, ≥90th percentile). Results: Prevalence of LUTS ranged from 2.0% for bedwetting to 9.5% for nocturia at age 14 and from 2.0% for straining to urinate to 35.5% for interrupted urine flow at age 19. Physical activity was not associated with LUTS at either time-point. Conclusions: Given the prevalence of LUTS in female adolescent populations, although this study did not find an association with accelerometer-measured MVPA, other aspects of PA that may serve as risk or protective factors deserve investigation.
AB - Introduction and hypothesis: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common among adolescent girls. Physical activity (PA) has been implicated as both a risk (high-impact PA) and protective factor (low-impact, moderate to vigorous intensity PA) for LUTS in adult women, but its role in adolescent girls is unclear. This study investigated the prospective association between physical activity and LUTS risk in adolescent girls. Methods: The sample comprised 3,484 female participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine daily minutes of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) at ages 11 and 15 years in relation to LUTS at ages 14 and 19 respectively. MVPA was assessed by 7-day accelerometer data. LUTS were assessed by questionnaire. MVPA were analyzed as continuous (minutes/day) and categorical variables (<10th percentile, 10–89th percentile, ≥90th percentile). Results: Prevalence of LUTS ranged from 2.0% for bedwetting to 9.5% for nocturia at age 14 and from 2.0% for straining to urinate to 35.5% for interrupted urine flow at age 19. Physical activity was not associated with LUTS at either time-point. Conclusions: Given the prevalence of LUTS in female adolescent populations, although this study did not find an association with accelerometer-measured MVPA, other aspects of PA that may serve as risk or protective factors deserve investigation.
KW - Adolescent girls
KW - Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
KW - Lower urinary tract symptoms
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sedentary behavior
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U2 - 10.1007/s00192-023-05639-6
DO - 10.1007/s00192-023-05639-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 37715786
AN - SCOPUS:85171574598
SN - 0937-3462
VL - 34
SP - 2995
EP - 3003
JO - International Urogynecology Journal
JF - International Urogynecology Journal
IS - 12
ER -