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Factors provoking lower urinary tract infection in women
A Baerheim1, E Laerum, O Sulheim
1Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
Our aim was to evaluate possible risk factors, other than sexual activity, for urinary tract infection (UTI) in women. A case-control study was designed. 50 cases and 50 controls were included. A larger fraction of cases than controls reported that episodes of the following preceded the UTI: voluntary deferred voiding (Odds ratio 5.0, 95% confidence interval 1.7; 20.1), cold hands (4.7, 1.3; 25.3), cold feet (5.8, 2.0; 22.8) and cold buttocks (5.5, 1.2; 51.0). Cold body parts should be further evaluated as a possible risk factor for UTI in UTI-prone women.