Study design, materials and methods
This study is a retrospective case-control study derived from a sample of 234 female patients, all of whom had an initial visit to the Bariatric Clinic at the local medical center between the dates of March 2016 and October 2016 and were at least 18 years of age. Their history and physical was reviewed to determine if they reported the presence or absence of urinary incontinence. The women were then divided into two groups, those with urinary incontinence, and those without urinary incontinence. The patient’s initial neck circumference, height, weight, BMI, and age were obtained from the electronic medical record. 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
Interpretation of results
No significant difference in neck circumference or BMI was observed between the cases and the controls using the student T-Test. When age was included as a confounding variable and ANCOVA was performed, there was minimal change in p-values and still no statistical difference in neck circumference or BMI between cases and controls.