The correlation between obesity and prostate volume in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Abstract Background Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is on the increase placing a substantial burden on health care systems. Recent studies have shown that men with high body mass index (BMI) and central obesity, as denoted by waist circumference (WC) have bigger prostate volumes (PV) with subsequ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-04-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Urology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12301-021-00160-y |