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Serum sex hormones and measures of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Author(s) -
Roberts Rosebud O.,
Jacobson Debra J.,
Rhodes Thomas,
Klee George G.,
Leiber Michael M.,
Jacobsen Steven J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.20080
Subject(s) - medicine , testosterone (patch) , prostate , hyperplasia , sex hormone binding globulin , urology , endocrinology , hormone , prostate specific antigen , population , androgen , gynecology , cancer , environmental health
BACKGROUND Despite biologic plausibility, the associations between sex hormones and measures of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have not been consistently reported. METHODS Subjects were randomly selected from the Olmsted County, MN population (n, 320; median age, 60.9 years) and followed biennially since 1990. In 2002, surrogate measures of BPH were assessed from an approximation of the American Urological Association Symptom Index (AUASI), Peak urinary flow rates (Q max ), and a transrectal ultrasound assessment of prostate volume. Serum levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, and estradiol were also measured. RESULTS Bioavailable testosterone levels declined with increasing cross‐sectional age from 53.8, 50.2, to 41.2 ng/dl ( P = 0.001) in men aged <60, 60–69, and >69 years, respectively, and the estradiol/bioavailable testosterone ratio increased from 0.042, 0.044, to 0.050 ( P = 0.04). Among men with bioavailable testosterone above the median, estradiol levels had a dose response relationship with prostate size. Among men with bioavailable testosterone level ≤ the median, however, there was no association between estradiol level and prostate volume CONCLUSIONS While cross‐sectional, these findings suggest a more complex relationship between sex steroids and prostate volume in older men than simple independent effects. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.