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A method includes obtaining a biological sample from a subject that does not display a symptom of Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS). The method also includes analyzing the biological sample for a mutated form of NAD(P)H dehydrogenase [quinone], also known as Quinone Oxidoreductase 1, abbreviated NQO1, or a mutation of a NQO1 gene. The method also includes determining a risk of PBS for the subject based on analyzing the biological sample. In some methods, the mutation determined to present an increased risk is a cytosine to thymine nucleotide substitution at a position that leads to a proline to serine amino acid substitution at amino acid position 187 to produce a protein NQO1P187S. Another method includes selecting a subject that has above normal risk of Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) or is expressing a symptom of PBS, and treating the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of an antioxidant.
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