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Zare-Mirzaie A, Ahmadi S J, Shayanfar N, Behrang Kazeminegad B. Assessment of relationship between , Body Mass Index (BMI) and serum levels of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) in 40-79 year old men referred to Rasoul akram hospital . RJMS 2015; 22 (130) :1-7
URL: http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2742-en.html
Iran University of Medical Sciences , zaremir@gmail.com
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Abstract
Background: The level of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in identifying patients at high risk for prostate cancer has always been a controversial issue. This study was designed in order to assess the relationship between PSA levels with age and Body Mass Index (BMI) in symptom free men.
Methods: In this cross sectional study, demographic data and PSA levels in 180 men referred to Rasoul Akram Hospital with analysis, data description, chi-square and correlation tests with SPSS software were used.
Results: The mean age of men was 60.7±9 years and the mean of BMI was 26.1±3.5 kg/m2. This study showed inverse correlation between PSA and BMI which was very low and insignificant (p=0.141). But the correlation between PSA and age were significant and positive.
Conclusion: This study showed there is no correlation between PSA and BMI.  However studies which have been conducted in symptomatic patients have shown a correlation between PSA and BMI. This may result from PSA level above 10 and leading to the ambiguity that it is perhaps due to high levels of PSA.
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