Iffat Raza, Sahrish Mukhtar, Mahrukh Kamran.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Correlation Of Prostate Gland Volume With Age & Anthropometric Parameters In Patients.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(3):445-52.

Objectives: To study the effect of anthropometric measures on benign prostatic hyperplasia patients in a subset of Karachi population. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Ziauddin University Hospital, Radiology Dept, Clifton. Karachi. Method: 103 benign prostatic hyperplasia patients was carried out. These patients were recruited from a urology clinic. The study subjects were divided on the basis of Age groups, body mass index groups and waist circumference groups. Result: Mean prostate volume of BPH patients was found to be was 62.7 ± 12.5 years. Mean BMI was found to 24kg/m2 . Mean waist circumference was found to be 73.8cms. Prostate volume was found to be doubled in waist circumference of greater than 90cm group. Conclusion: Prostate volume greatly enlarges with advancing age. Waist circumference is the only contributing factor among other anthropometric measures which causes growth of prostate volume.

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