Open AccessClinical and biochemical markers of visceral adipose tissue activity: Body mass index, visceral adiposity index, leptin, adiponectin, and matrix metalloproteinase-3. Correlation with Gleason patterns 4 and 5 at prostate biopsy
Author(s) -
Vincenzo Serretta,
Alberto Abrate,
Simone Siracusano,
Cristina Scalici Gesolfo,
Marco Vella,
Fabrizio Di Maida,
Antonina Cangemi,
Giuseppe Cicero,
Elisabetta Barresi,
Chiara Sanfilippo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_188_17
Subject(s) - adiponectin , medicine , leptin , body mass index , prostate cancer , adipose tissue , endocrinology , waist , overweight , biopsy , obesity , urology , cancer , insulin resistance
The correlation between aggressive prostate cancer and obesity mainly based on body mass index (BMI) and pathology after surgery remains controversial.