Enuresis—an unattended comorbidity of childhood obesity

Abstract

Obese children are at increased risk for enuresis. Enuresis should be clarified during the primary workup of every obese child and adolescent.

High Concurrence of Nocturnal Enuresis and Associated Factors among South Chinese Children

“…Thus, NE prevalence varies markedly among countries and regions within countries, reflecting socioeconomic differences, educational levels, heredity factors, and inclusion criteria. Consistent with most studies, overall prevalence was greater in boys [2,6,12,13,19], about a quarter of cases were SNE, and prevalence decreased with age. It is critical to identify underlying correlative secondary diseases, such as phimosis, urinary tract infection, spina bifida occulta (SBO), and psychological stressors.…”

“…It was reported that male gender, younger age, daytime incontinence, deeper sleep, positive family history of NE, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and constipation may also increase the NE risk [3,12,23], and our study indicated that a positive family history, SDB, constipation, male gender and age can significantly increase the NE risk.…”

“…However, the influence of family history appears weaker in China than in several other countries, where 32.1% to 68.6% of children with NE have positive family histories [2,13,19,23]. Weintraub et al also found that positive family history could markedly increase the risk for enuresis (OR 4.24) [12]. Thus, the NE genotype may differ markedly among ethnicities.…”

The Gap Between Social Functioning to Emotional Functioning Among Young Adolescents with Nocturnal Enuresis

“…13 A survey of children in the United States, reported higher prevalence rates of 33% at 5 years, 18% at 8 years, 7% at 11 years, and 0.7%at 17 years. 14 Other research show reduced rates of enuresis; Weintraub and her colleagues use data showing that at the age of 5 years, just 3-7% are experiencing enuresis and this reduces significantly as age progress 15 .…”

Evaluation of the Frequency of Obesity and Demographic Characteristics of Children with Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis

“…(20) tarafından 2013 yılında yapılan bir çalışmada; obezlerin, normal kilolu çocuklara oranla daha fazla enürezis yakınması olduğu bildirilmiştir. Monosemptomatik EN ve işeme disfonksiyonu bulunan 250 hastanın tedaviye yanıtlarının değerlendirildiği bir başka çalışmada, hastaların yarısının aşırı kilolu ve obez olduğunu ve fazla kilo ile tedaviye yanıt arasında ters bir orantı olduğu belirtilmiştir (21).…”