Determinación de PSA y factores de riesgo relacionados con alteraciones prostáticas en pacientes de 60-90 años

Abstract

The frequency of the benign and malignant alterations of the prostate increases with age, so it is the main risk factor. The Prostate diseases are one of the most common medical problems in adult male in which the most common diseases include: prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. This study is descriptive and not experimental whose objective was to determine the risk factors associated with prostate abnormalities in patients of 60-80 years, by measuring of total PSA and free PSA. The valuation was 50 patients and the method of analysis for tumor markers were chemiluminescence. To know the characteristic of the sample was used a survey for this purpose. The statistical analysis of data was processed in SPSS v .19.0.

The mean age of the study population is 78 years. The results were 3.93% of the total population had higher total PSA values to reference ranges; on the free PSA 4% of the population had values above the reference range. Regarding family history, of positive cases with values of total PSA and Free are elevated 2 refer to their closest relatives had a history of prostate cancer, and 3 report that their families had benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis. The percentage of the population that presented urinary tract infections (IVU) was 4%. The non-influential factors were marital status, body mass index (BMI), lifestyle, and chronic diseases.