Association Between Overweight and Obesity and Overactive Bladder in Children: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common cause of voiding dysfunction in children and classified as lower urinary tract (LUTD). In recent studies, obesity overweight are assumed risk factors for incontinence children. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation between with OAB Methods: cross-sectional measured BMI 56 aged 3 16 years (case group) healthy matched (control group). Overweight were compared two groups. The also accessed symptoms their association data analyzed using SPSS software version 18.0 windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Results: mean age patients 7.71 ± 2.65 years, 38 (67.8%) them female. Frequency holding maneuvers most prevalent complaints. A history infection detected 46 (82.1%) patients. There no significant differences groups (P = 0.23). Conclusions: No observed OAB. reason may be different socioeconomic conditions or malnutrition these Thus, it recommended perform larger sample size our community assess general population.