Improving Your Urinary Continence

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Melatonin Levels Correlate with Frequent
Nighttime Urination
In December 2013, a study reported that melatonin
levels are associated with nocturia, or frequent
nighttime urination. The International Continence
Society defines nocturia as two or more nighttime
voids.
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Melatonin Levels Correlate with Frequent
Nighttime Urination

• The investigators found that nocturia was
  associated with age, gender, body mass index,
  estimated glomerular filtration rate (kidney
  function), use of pharmaceuticals known as
  calcium channel blockers and benign prostatic
  hyperplasia.
• (benign enlargement of the prostate).
  Additionally, nocturia correlated with total
  voided urine volume, duration in bed, day length
  and daytime and nighttime physical activity.

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Melatonin Levels Correlate with Frequent
Nighttime Urination

• The investigators concluded, Melatonin secretion
  is significantly and inversely associated with
  nocturia in a general elderly population.

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