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To investigate the relationship between UI and respiratory symptoms among middle-aged and older men, a community-based study was conducted in Japan.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A convenience sample of 668 community-dwelling men aged 40 years or above was recruited from middle and southern Japan. The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form, the Medical Research Council's dyspnoea scale and the Australian Lung Foundation's Feeling Short of Breath scale, were administered by face-to-face interviews to ascertain their UI status and respiratory symptoms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The overall prevalence of UI was 7.6%, with urge-type leakage (59%) being most common among the 51 incontinent men. The presence of respiratory symptoms was significantly higher among incontinent men than those without the condition, especially for breathlessness (45% versus 30%,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>= 0.025). The odds of UI for breathlessness was 2.11 (95% confidence interval 1.10-4.06) after accounting for age, body mass index, smoking and alcohol drinking status of each individual.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings suggested a significant association between UI and breathlessness in middle-aged and older men.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2466-10-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,6]],"date-time":"2010-01-06T19:14:58Z","timestamp":1262805298000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Breathlessness is associated with urinary incontinence in men: A community-based study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Fumi","family":"Hirayama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andy H","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tetsuo","family":"Hiramatsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshimasa","family":"Tanikawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,1,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"172_CR1","unstructured":"Hunskaar S, Burgio K, Diokno AC, Herzog AC, Hj\u00e4lma\u00e1s K, Lapitan MC, Eds: Incontinence: Second International Consultation on Incontinence Paris, July 1-3, 2001. 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