Anthropometric predictors of elavated prostate specific antigen among rural and urban Nigerians: A population-based study

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Ukoli, Flora A M ^a   Egbagbe, E ^b   Zhao, B B ^a   Iyamu, E ^b   Young, D ^c   Oside, P ^d   Osime, U ^b   Adams Campbell, L L ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c Specialist Hospital Yola Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Nigerians; Obesity; Prostate; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEREDITY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENT T TEST; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO; ANTHROPOMETRY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34249101178     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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