Study Findings:

• Women are more likely to develop urinary incontinence if their mothers or older sisters have the problem.
• Daughters of incontinent women were 30% more likely to be incontinent themselves, according to the study
• The risk was 60% higher for a woman with an incontinent older sister
• If mothers had severe symptoms, their daughters had close to a twofold risk of incontinence.

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