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# Vitamin D and Urinary Incontinence (press release)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/vitamin_d_and_urinary_incontinence_0204100420/
- Published: 2010-04-02T16:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:56:25.000Z
- Description: Researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University studied 1,961 women and found low vitamin D levels predicted pelvic floor disorders, with urinary incontinence twice as likely in deficient women. The authors suggest treating insufficiency could improve pelvic muscle strength.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Vitamins, Nutrition, Vitamin D, #vivvo-import

Vitamin D Council

Press Release

4/2/2010

Researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse New York recently announced that pelvic floor disorders in women are associated with low vitamin D levels.

In a paper published in the April issue of *Obstetrics and Gynecology*, Dr. Samuel Badalian and Paula Rosenbaum studied 1,961 women and found 23% of American women over the age of 20 have a pelvic floor disorder, which often leads to urinary incontinence. Women who are overweight or who have had more than one child are at an increased risk.

The researcher found that low vitamin D levels predicted pelvic floor disorders, even in younger women and that urinary incontinence was twice as likely in vitamin D deficient women compared to women with higher vitamin D levels.

The authors concluded:

“Our findings suggest that treatment of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women could improve pelvic muscle strength, with a possible reduction in the prevalence of pelvic floor disorders, including urinary incontinence.”

Press contact information: Dr. Samuel Badalian, MD, 104 Union Ave., Suite # 803, Syracuse, NY, [badalian@netzero.com](mailto:badalian@netzero.com)

John Cannell, MD

Executive Director

[The Vitamin D Council](http://list.netatlantic.com/t/51308899/77828680/104386/0/?ref=foodconsumer.org)

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