Should prostate-specific antigen be adjusted for body mass index? Data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

PURPOSE: Obesity may be associated with lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) through hemodilution. We examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and PSA by age in men without prostate cancer from a longitudinal aging study to determine whether PSA needs to be adjusted for BMI. MATERIAL...

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Auteurs principaux: Loeb, Stacy, Carter, H. Ballentine, Schaeffer, Edward M., Ferrucci, Luigi, Kettermann, Anna, Metter, E. Jeffrey
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2009
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197054/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19836806
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.041
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