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    Prevalencia de hiperplasia prostática benigna en pacientes mayores a 40 años de consulta externa del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca. 2016 - 2018
    (2019-09-16) Mosquera Andrade, Mayra Teresa; Pachar Benítez, Leidy Katherine; Macero Méndez, Reina María
    Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a non-malignant neoplastic pathology that affects men over 50 years. The World Health Organization estimates that the prevalence of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ranks third in underdeveloped countries (2). Until 2011, in Ecuador, according to studies, BPH occupies seventh place in terms of morbidity, affecting 50% of men over 65 years of age (3). For the diagnosis, the PSA values are used in their free and total fractions; considering that the normal blood level value of PSA is less than 4ng / ml OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients older than 40 years of outpatient consultation at José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital in the city of Cuenca. METHODOLOGYA Descriptive, retrospective study was carried out. For the development of the study a form was used and for the statistical analysis the software SPSS IBM version 20. Results: Of the 246 patients of the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga the prevalence of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is 71.5%; the predominant age group for BPH goes from 60 to 69 years with 46.6%; 68.2% of positive cases correspond to married men; 46% are retired; 13.6% present consumption of toxic substances being the most frequent tobacco and alcohol. From the studied group it was found that 15.9% suffer from Diabetes Mellitus, 43.7% are hypertensive and 50.6% suffer from overweight