Determinación de niveles de antígeno prostático específico y su relación con los factores de riesgo asociado a alteraciones prostáticas en varones mayores de 40 años de la Asociación de Agricultores del cantón Pindal
The prostate alterations are one of problematic more habitual that it he affects the 40-year-old major males between them the most frequent are: hiperplasia prostate benign, prostatitis, prostate cancer, etc. And they are diagnosed across the determination of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). For whi...
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2015
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Add Tag | Summary: | The prostate alterations are one of problematic more habitual that it he affects the 40-year-old major males between them the most frequent are: hiperplasia prostate benign, prostatitis, prostate cancer, etc. And they are diagnosed across the determination of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). For which it he has considered to determine the values of Free PSA and Total PSA in 40-year-old major males; To know the factors of risk associated with the increase of Prostate Specific Antigen; To relate the levels of Free PSA and Total PSA to the factors of risk associated with the increase of PSA's levels considering as factors of risk: age, family history, smoking, alcohol consumption, urinary tract infection, sexual activity, venereal disease, and work with agrochemicals; The present study is of descriptive type of transverse court(cut); The sample was 60 farmers, which was discussed at the facilities of the Clinical Laboratory of the Hospital Regional Isidro Ayora. The results obtained were the following: that of the 100% (n= 60) of the study population (23 %) had elevated PSA levels above (4ng/ml); Between the factors of risk associated with the most common increase of the PSA they are: consumption of alcohol 78 %, work with agrochemical 88 %, the cigarette 53 % and the infections of urinary tract with 25 %, with regard to the levels of high PSA and his your relation with the factors, 14 persons who are 23 % work with agrochemical and take alcohol, 8 persons that it he corresponds to 13 % smoke tobacco. Concluding so the PSA is a scoreboard with great diagnostic value for the early detection of prostate pathologies. Key words: Prostate Specific Antigen, Factors of risk |
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