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Materials and Methods: Seventy-one Greek women (M = 35.0 age, SD = \u00b14.3) with specific inclusion criteria completed just once the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire after five years from childbirth. Results: A total of 28.2% of the participating women experienced urinary incontinence, and 38% experienced low back pain after pregnancy. No relationship has been found between urinary incontinence and the number of births (r = 0.062, p = 0.609) and low back pain with the number of births (r = \u22120.076, p = 0.529). Statistically significant correlations were found between urinary incontinence and low back pain (r = 0.33, p &lt; 0.01) and the urinary incontinence and the maternal age at first delivery (r = \u22120.264, p = 0.026) in women who underwent a vaginal delivery in second birth had fewer urinary incontinence symptoms and increased low back pain. Conclusions: Few correlations emerged in the present study. 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