Effect of ageing and body mass index on prostate-specific antigen levels among Chinese men in Singapore from a community-based study

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1487-1491

  Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Lau, Weber K O ^b   Chin, Chong Min ^c   Tan, James ^d   Ho, Siew Hong ^e   Lee, June ^b   Cheng, Christopher ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chinese; Obesity; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGAPORE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 65549090981     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08246.x     Document Type: Article

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