Table 2. Exclusions of the study population of overactive bladder analysis: number of excluded subjects among 1725 men and 2002 women in Finland, 2003–2004.

Characteristics	Men	Women	Both sexes
Urinary tract infection*	16	59	75
Genitourinary cancer†	22	11	33
Contracted bladder‡	2	5	7
Puerperium§		8	8
Pregnancy		49	49
Taking loop-diuretics	19	30	49
Together	54	156	210

^*Acute (in past 2 weeks) or chronic urinary tract infection.

^†Excluding renal cancer.

^‡Due to e.g. painful bladder syndrome or radiation.

^§Puerperium defined as 6 weeks after childbirth.