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