Body Size and Prostate Cancer

摘要: Anthropometry deals with the comparative measurements of human body and its associated parts which is widely utilized as a method assessing compositions. A number studies have been done to assess relation size prostate cancer. Investigations between cancer used anthropometric measurement focusing mainly on weight obesity such mass index (BMI) that highly correlated percent fat. Obesity numerous endocrine changes leads lowered sex hormone-binding globulin could increase testorene levels. Researchers believed testosterone related risk. Moreover insulin resistance hyperinsulinemia. Studies supported presence positive association insulin-like growth factors-1 However case-control noted inconsistency results BMI both lean fat leading limitation interpretation results. In this regard inexpensive uninvasive methods adiposity need be developed substitute commonly has apparent shortcomings in estimating obesity.