Statin use associated with a 52% increased risk of Interstitial cystitis

This study was published in Urologia Internationalis 2015 Jul 16

 

Study title and authors:

Statin Use Is Associated with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.

Huang CY, Chung SD, Kao LT, Lin HC, Wang LH.

Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

 

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26184102

This study examined the association between statin use and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. The study included 815 female subjects with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis and 4,075 randomly selected female controls.

The study found that statin users had a 52% increased risk of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis compared to nonusers.