Leslee Subak, MD

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Publications: 

Modifiers of Response to Treatment With Fesoterodine for Urgency-Predominant Urinary Incontinence in a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Winkelman WD, Huang AJ, Schembri M, Rogers RG, Richter H, Myers DL, Kraus SR, Johnson KC, Hess R, Gregory T, Bradley CS, Arya L, Brown JS, Subak LL

Urinary Incontinence in Older Women: The Role of Body Composition and Muscle Strength: From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Suskind AM, Cawthon PM, Nakagawa S, Subak LL, Reinders I, Satterfield S, Cummings S, Cauley JA, Harris T, Huang AJ

Sexual functioning of men and women with severe obesity before bariatric surgery.

Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Steffen KJ, King WC, White GE, Subak LL, Mitchell JE, Courcoulas AP, Flum DR, Strain G, Sarwer DB, Kolotkin RL, Pories W, Huang AJ

Pelvic Floor Disorders Registry: Study Design and Outcome Measures.

Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Weber LeBrun E, Adam RA, Barber MD, Boyles SH, Iglesia CB, Lukacz ES, Moalli P, Moen MD, Richter HE, Subak LL, Sung VW, Visco AG, Bradley CS

Bladder Symptoms in the Early Menopausal Transition.

Journal of women's health (2002)

Jones HJ, Huang AJ, Subak LL, Brown JS, Lee KA

Bridging the gap: determinants of undiagnosed or untreated urinary incontinence in women.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Duralde ER, Walter LC, Van Den Eeden SK, Nakagawa S, Subak LL, Brown JS, Thom DH, Huang AJ

Urinary Incontinence Before and After Bariatric Surgery.

JAMA internal medicine

Subak LL, King WC, Belle SH, Chen JY, Courcoulas AP, Ebel FE, Flum DR, Khandelwal S, Pender JR, Pierson SK, Pories WJ, Steffen KJ, Strain GW, Wolfe BM, Huang AJ

Benefits of adding small financial incentives or optional group meetings to a web-based statewide obesity initiative.

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

Leahey TM, Subak LL, Fava J, Schembri M, Thomas G, Xu X, Krupel K, Kent K, Boguszewski K, Kumar R, Weinberg B, Wing R

Prevalence of overactive bladder and stress urinary incontinence in women who have sex with women: an internet-based survey.

Journal of women's health (2002)

Sturm RM, Breyer BN, Li CS, Subak LL, Brown JS, Shindel AW

The impact of multimorbidity on sexual function in middle-aged and older women: beyond the single disease perspective.

The journal of sexual medicine

Appa AA, Creasman J, Brown JS, Van Den Eeden SK, Thom DH, Subak LL, Huang AJ

Adding evidence-based behavioral weight loss strategies to a statewide wellness campaign: a randomized clinical trial.

American journal of public health

Leahey TM, Thomas G, Fava JL, Subak LL, Schembri M, Krupel K, Kumar R, Weinberg B, Wing RR

A group-based yoga therapy intervention for urinary incontinence in women: a pilot randomized trial.

Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Huang AJ, Jenny HE, Chesney MA, Schembri M, Subak LL

Urinary incontinence management costs are reduced following Burch or sling surgery for stress incontinence.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Goode PS, Brubaker L, Kusek JW, Schembri M, Lukacz ES, Kraus SR, Chai TC, Norton P, Tennstedt SL

Childbirth and female sexual function later in life.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Fehniger JE, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Van Den Eeden SK, Thom DH, Subak LL, Huang AJ

Long-term efficacy and safety of questionnaire-based initiation of urgency urinary incontinence treatment.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Hess R, Huang AJ, Richter HE, Ghetti CC, Sung VW, Barrett-Connor E, Gregory WT, Pinkerton JV, Bradley CS, Kraus SR, Rogers RG, Subak LL, Johnson KC, Arya LA, Schembri M, Brown JS

Fecal incontinence decreases sexual quality of life, but does not prevent sexual activity in women.

Diseases of the colon and rectum

Imhoff LR, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Subak LL, Van den Eeden SK, Thom DH, Varma MG, Huang AJ

Sleep duration and weight loss among overweight/obese women enrolled in a behavioral weight loss program.

Nutrition & diabetes

O'Brien EM, Fava J, Subak LL, Stone K, Hart CN, Demos K, Wing R

Diabetes mellitus and sexual function in middle-aged and older women.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Copeland KL, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Van Den Eeden SK, Subak LL, Thom DH, Ferrara A, Huang AJ

Decrease in urinary incontinence management costs in women enrolled in a clinical trial of weight loss to treat urinary incontinence.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Marinilli Pinto A, Wing RR, Nakagawa S, Kusek JW, Herman WH, Kuppermann M

Pharmacologic treatment for urgency-predominant urinary incontinence in women diagnosed using a simplified algorithm: a randomized trial.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Huang AJ, Hess R, Arya LA, Richter HE, Subak LL, Bradley CS, Rogers RG, Myers DL, Johnson KC, Gregory WT, Kraus SR, Schembri M, Brown JS

Weight loss prevents urinary incontinence in women with type 2 diabetes: results from the Look AHEAD trial.

The Journal of urology

Phelan S, Kanaya AM, Subak LL, Hogan PE, Espeland MA, Wing RR, Burgio KL, DiLillo V, Gorin AA, West DS, Brown JS

Time in Bed is Associated with Decreased Physical Activity and Higher BMI in Women Seeking Weight Loss Treatment.

ISRN obesity

Hart CN, Fava JL, Subak LL, Stone K, Vittinghoff E, Demos K, O'Brien E, Cairns A, Wing R

Prolapse symptoms in overweight and obese women before and after weight loss.

Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Myers DL, Sung VW, Richter HE, Creasman J, Subak LL

The effect of weight loss on changes in health-related quality of life among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence.

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

Pinto AM, Subak LL, Nakagawa S, Vittinghoff E, Wing RR, Kusek JW, Herman WH, West DS, Kuppermann M

Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in women.

Open access journal of urology

Whitcomb EL, Subak LL

Weight loss improves fecal incontinence severity in overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence.

International urogynecology journal

Markland AD, Richter HE, Burgio KL, Myers DL, Hernandez AL, Subak LL

Comparison and correlates of three preference-based health-related quality-of-life measures among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence.

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation

Pinto AM, Kuppermann M, Nakagawa S, Vittinghoff E, Wing RR, Kusek JW, Herman WH, Subak LL

Summary of research recommendations from the inaugural american urogynecologic society research summit.

Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Nygaard I, Chai TC, Cundiff GW, Delancey JO, Fitzgerald MP, Heit M, Moalli P, Richter HE, Subak L, Swift S

Urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in a population-based, racially diverse cohort: prevalence and risk factors.

Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery

Rortveit G, Subak LL, Thom DH, Creasman JM, Vittinghoff E, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS

Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women: results at 12 and 18 months.

The Journal of urology

Wing RR, West DS, Grady D, Creasman JM, Richter HE, Myers D, Burgio KL, Franklin F, Gorin AA, Vittinghoff E, Macer J, Kusek JW, Subak LL

A motivation-focused weight loss maintenance program is an effective alternative to a skill-based approach.

International journal of obesity (2005)

West DS, Gorin AA, Subak LL, Foster G, Bragg C, Hecht J, Schembri M, Wing RR

Improving urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women through modest weight loss.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Wing RR, Creasman JM, West DS, Richter HE, Myers D, Burgio KL, Franklin F, Gorin AA, Vittinghoff E, Macer J, Kusek JW, Subak LL

An intensive behavioral weight loss intervention and hot flushes in women.

Archives of internal medicine

Huang AJ, Subak LL, Wing R, West DS, Hernandez AL, Macer J, Grady D

An innovative program to train health sciences researchers to be effective clinical and translational research mentors.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Johnson MO, Subak LL, Brown JS, Lee KA, Feldman MD

Diabetes, obesity and erectile dysfunction: field overview and research priorities.

The Journal of urology

Chitaley K, Kupelian V, Subak L, Wessells H

Racial differences in pelvic organ prolapse.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Whitcomb EL, Rortveit G, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Subak LL

Obesity and urinary incontinence: epidemiology and clinical research update.

The Journal of urology

Subak LL, Richter HE, Hunskaar S

Pelvic floor disorders and quality of life in women with self-reported irritable bowel syndrome.

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

Wang J, Varma MG, Creasman JM, Subak LL, Brown JS, Thom DH, van den Eeden SK

Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse women.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Huang AJ, Subak LL, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Kuppermann M, Shen H, Brown JS

Prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence in overweight and obese diabetic women: action for health in diabetes (look ahead) study.

Diabetes care

Phelan S, Kanaya AM, Subak LL, Hogan PE, Espeland MA, Wing RR, Burgio KL, Dilillo V, Gorin AA, West DS, Brown JS

Association between urinary incontinence and depressive symptoms in overweight and obese women.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Sung VW, West DS, Hernandez AL, Wheeler TL, Myers DL, Subak LL

Weight loss to treat urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women.

The New England journal of medicine

Subak LL, Wing R, West DS, Franklin F, Vittinghoff E, Creasman JM, Richter HE, Myers D, Burgio KL, Gorin AA, Macer J, Kusek JW, Grady D

Fecal incontinence in obese women with urinary incontinence: prevalence and role of dietary fiber intake.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Markland AD, Richter HE, Burgio KL, Bragg C, Hernandez AL, Subak LL

Urodynamic characterization of obese women with urinary incontinence undergoing a weight loss program: the Program to Reduce Incontinence by Diet and Exercise (PRIDE) trial.

International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction

Richter HE, Creasman JM, Myers DL, Wheeler TL, Burgio KL, Subak LL

High costs of urinary incontinence among women electing surgery to treat stress incontinence.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Brubaker L, Chai TC, Creasman JM, Diokno AC, Goode PS, Kraus SR, Kusek JW, Leng WW, Lukacz ES, Norton P, Tennstedt S

Effects of urinary incontinence, comorbidity and race on quality of life outcomes in women.

The Journal of urology

Ragins AI, Shan J, Thom DH, Subak LL, Brown JS, Van Den Eeden SK

Urinary incontinence in women: Direct costs of routine care.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Subak L, Van Den Eeden S, Thom D, Creasman JM, Brown JS

Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: prevalence and risk factors in a population-based, racially diverse cohort.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Rortveit G, Brown JS, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Creasman JM, Subak LL

Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: who is at risk?

Diseases of the colon and rectum

Varma MG, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Beattie MS, Subak LL

The sensitivity and specificity of a simple test to distinguish between urge and stress urinary incontinence.

Annals of internal medicine

Brown JS, Bradley CS, Subak LL, Richter HE, Kraus SR, Brubaker L, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Grady D

Urinary incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction in Asian-American women.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Huang AJ, Thom DH, Kanaya AM, Wassel-Fyr CL, Van den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Subak LL, Brown JS

The "costs" of urinary incontinence for women.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Brown JS, Kraus SR, Brubaker L, Lin F, Richter HE, Bradley CS, Grady D

Childhood urinary symptoms predict adult overactive bladder symptoms.

The Journal of urology

Fitzgerald MP, Thom DH, Wassel-Fyr C, Subak L, Brubaker L, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS

Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicity.

The Journal of urology

Thom DH, van den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Wassel-Fyr C, Vittinghof E, Subak LL, Brown JS

Postmenopausal hormone therapy: does it cause incontinence?

Obstetrics and gynecology

Steinauer JE, Waetjen LE, Vittinghoff E, Subak LL, Hulley SB, Grady D, Lin F, Brown JS

Weight loss: a novel and effective treatment for urinary incontinence.

The Journal of urology

Subak LL, Whitcomb E, Shen H, Saxton J, Vittinghoff E, Brown JS

Cost-effectiveness analyses in gynecologic oncology: methodological quality and trends.

Gynecologic oncology

Manuel MR, Chen LM, Caughey AB, Subak LL

Proceedings of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases International Symposium on Epidemiologic Issues in Urinary Incontinence in Women.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Brown JS, Nyberg LM, Kusek JW, Burgio KL, Diokno AC, Foldspang A, Fultz NH, Herzog AR, Hunskaar S, Milsom I, Nygaard I, Subak LL, Thom DH

Stress urinary incontinence surgery in the United States.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Waetjen LE, Subak LL, Shen H, Lin F, Wang TH, Vittinghoff E, Brown JS

Evaluating an incontinence intervention in nursing home residents.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Wagner TH, Subak LL

Cost-effectiveness analyses in obstetrics & gynecology. Evaluation of methodologic quality and trends.

The Journal of reproductive medicine

Subak LL, Caughey AB, Washington AE

The effect of behavioral therapy on urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Quesenberry CP, Posner SF, Cattolica E, Soghikian K

Pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States, 1997.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Brown JS, Waetjen LE, Subak LL, Thom DH, Van den Eeden S, Vittinghoff E

Does weight loss improve incontinence in moderately obese women?

International urogynecology journal and pelvic floor dysfunction

Subak LL, Johnson C, Whitcomb E, Boban D, Saxton J, Brown JS

Cost of pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Waetjen LE, van den Eeden S, Thom DH, Vittinghoff E, Brown JS

Annual direct cost of urinary incontinence.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Wilson L, Brown JS, Shin GP, Luc KO, Subak LL

Measuring cost-effectiveness of surgical procedures.

Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Caughey AB

Urge incontinence: the patient's perspective.

Journal of women's health / the official publication of the Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research

Brown JS, Subak LL, Gras J, Brown BA, Kuppermann M, Posner SF

Endovaginal ultrasound to exclude endometrial cancer and other endometrial abnormalities.

JAMA

Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K, Feldstein VA, Subak L, Scheidler J, Segal M, Brand R, Grady D

Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of epithelial ovarian carcinoma: a meta-analysis.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Garg PP, Kerlikowske K, Subak L, Grady D

Preoperative staging of cervical carcinoma: phased array coil fast spin-echo versus body coil spin-echo T2-weighted MR imaging.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology

Yu KK, Hricak H, Subak LL, Zaloudek CJ, Powell CB

Comparison of diagnostic studies in the pretreatment evaluation of stage Ib carcinoma of the cervix.

Academic radiology

Hricak H, Yu KK, Powell CB, Subak LL, Stem J, Arenson RL

Invasive cervical carcinoma: role of MR imaging in pretreatment work-up--cost minimization and diagnostic efficacy analysis.

Radiology

Hricak H, Powell CB, Yu KK, Washington E, Subak LL, Stern JL, Cisternas MG, Arenson RL

Cervical carcinoma: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative staging.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Hricak H, Powell CB, Azizi L, Stern JL

Therapeutic donor insemination: a prospective randomized trial of fresh versus frozen sperm.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Subak LL, Adamson GD, Boltz NL

Comparison of CO2 laser laparoscopy with laparotomy for treatment of endometriomata.

Fertility and sterility

Adamson GD, Subak LL, Pasta DJ, Hurd SJ, von Franque O, Rodriguez BD

Failure of intrauterine insemination in a refractory infertility population.

Fertility and sterility

Adamson GD, Subak LL, Boltz NL, McNulty MA

Analgesia after cesarean delivery: patient evaluations and costs of five opioid techniques.

Regional anesthesia

Cohen SE, Subak LL, Brose WG, Halpern J