Five factors linked with disruptive nocturia in women: study
Surprisingly, vitamin D supplementation appears to make matters worse, the Australian researchers say
A study of women aged 40 and older attending incontinence clinics at three Australian hospitals has found five factors that appear to be linked to problems with excessive urination at night.
Having a genitourinary prolapse, being older, exercising less often, having hot flushes during the day and taking vitamin D supplements were all linked to worse problems with nocturia, the researchers reported in BJOG.
Women who exercised for more than 150 minutes per week were much less likely to have disruptive nocturia, which the researchers defined as waking to pass urine two or more times at night.
The 153 participants were mainly postmenopausal women (mean age 64), with just 9% reporting that they still had menses.
