Table 1. Risk factors of fecal incontinence

Category	Factors
Patient	Aging, obesity, smoking, post-menopause, nursing home residency
Structural comorbidities	Obstetric injuries, anorectal surgeries, rectal propapse, rectocele, trauma, sphincter sparing bowel resection
Medical comorbidities	Irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, radiation proctitis, malabsorption, hypersecretory tumors, fecal impaction, diarrhea, diabetes mellitus, urinary incontinence, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma, history of prostate cancer, cholecystectomy
Neurologic comorbidities	Pudendal neuropathy, dementia, stroke, spina bifida, spinal cord inury, spinal surgery
Congenital comorbidities	Imperforate anus, cloacal defect