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===Others=== A predisposition for bladder infections may run in families.<ref name=Review08/> This is believed to be related to genetics.<ref name=Review08/> Other risk factors include [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]],<ref name=Review08/> being [[circumcise|uncircumcised]],<ref name="pmid23152269">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jagannath VA, Fedorowicz Z, Sud V, Verma AK, Hajebrahimi S | title = Routine neonatal circumcision for the prevention of urinary tract infections in infancy | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 11 | pages = CD009129 | date = November 2012 | pmid = 23152269 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD009129.pub2 | quote = The incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) is greater in uncircumcised babies }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Morris BJ, Wiswell TE | title = Circumcision and lifetime risk of urinary tract infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = The Journal of Urology | volume = 189 | issue = 6 | pages = 2118β2124 | date = June 2013 | pmid = 23201382 | doi = 10.1016/j.juro.2012.11.114 }}</ref> and having a [[benign prostatic hypertrophy|large prostate]].<ref name=EM2011/> In children UTIs are associated with [[vesicoureteral reflux]] (an abnormal movement of [[urine]] from the [[urinary bladder|bladder]] into [[ureter]]s or [[kidney]]s) and [[constipation]].<ref name=PeadsNA2011/> Persons with [[spinal cord injury]] are at increased risk for urinary tract infection in part because of chronic use of catheter, and in part because of [[urination|voiding]] dysfunction.<ref name=Spine2010>{{cite journal | vauthors = Eves FJ, Rivera N | title = Prevention of urinary tract infections in persons with spinal cord injury in home health care | journal = Home Healthcare Nurse | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 230β241 | date = April 2010 | pmid = 20520263 | doi = 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3181dc1bcb | s2cid = 35850310 | doi-access = free }}</ref> It is the most common cause of infection in this population, as well as the most common cause of hospitalization.<ref name=Spine2010/>
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