[Comparative study of overactive bladder prevalence in patients younger than 50 years with and without...

To determine if the hyperprolactinemia is associated with idiopathic overactive bladder.

We performed a transversal and analytic two groups study. We included all the patients whom plasma levels of prolactin were measured in the National Institute of Perinatology from March 1st to May 31, 2005 and fulfilled the selection criteria. To all these patients we applied a questionnaire of eight questions for the overactive bladder diagnostic. We used chi square statistical technique to establish if hyperprolactinemia is associated with the overactive bladder.

One hundred sixty years patients were studied, establishing a relative prevalence of 2.82 (IC 95%: 1.45-3.17), determining association between the variables.

hyperprolactinemia is associated with overactive bladder.