The most important finding of our study is that diabetes
mellitus is an independent risk factor for urinary incontinence.
Diabetic women in our study population had a 2.5-
fold increased risk for UI compared with non-diabetic
women. It is to our knowledge the first time that DM is
shown so evident to associate independently with urinary
incontinence. Previous comparable studies produced lower
odds ratios [14, 16, 25] and relative risks [10], respectively