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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The significant improvements relative to controls that had been found in urinary incontinence (60 versus 69 % ; risk difference, RD, -9. 1 % ; 95 % confidence interval, 95 % CI, -17. 3 to -1. 0 %) and faecal incontinence (4 versus 11 % ; RD -6. 1 % ; 95 % CI -10. 8 to -1. 6 %) at 1 year did not persist for urinary incontinence (83 versus 80 % ; RD 2. 1 % ; 95 % CI -4. 9 to 9. 1 %) or faecal incontinence (19 versus 15 % ; RD 4. 3 % ; 95 % CI -2. 5 to 11. 0 %) at the 12-year follow up, irrespective of incontinence severity at trial entry.