The association of diabetes and positive prostate biopsy in a US veteran population

Background: Several studies have shown a protective effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on incidence of prostate cancer; however, the data are not consistent. Moreover, whether or not DM is associated with a positive result among patients referred for prostate biopsy due to abnormal PSA and/or abnormal...

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Published in:	Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 70 - 74
Main Authors:	Moses, K A, Utuama, O A, Goodman, M, Issa, M M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-03-2012 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Aged Analysis Biomarkers, Tumor - blood Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Biopsy Cancer Research Carcinogenesis Carcinogens Cohort Studies Comorbidity Confidence intervals Demographic aspects Development and progression Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - pathology Diagnosis Health aspects Health care facilities Humans Logistic Models Male Middle Aged original-article Population studies Prostate Prostate - pathology Prostate cancer Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology Regression analysis Regression models Risk Factors Statistical analysis United States - epidemiology Veterans United States prostate biopsy diabetes mellitus cancer
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