Obesity inversely correlates with prostate-specific antigen levels in a population with normal screening results of prostate cancer in northwestern China
Serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a diagnostic biomarker of prostate cancer and is possibly associated with obesity. This study aimed to explore the relationships between obesity indicators [body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC)] with PSA in Chinese men. A cross-sectional study o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2016-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000800704&lng=en&tlng=en |