title: The relationship between prostate volume and international prostate symptom score in Africans with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between prostate volume and international prostate symptom score (IPSS) in Africans with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective study of 120 men aged between 45 to 85 years, who were referred to the urology outpatient facility for treatment of clinical BPH between July 2007 and October 2008 in Jos University Teaching Hospital. These patients were properly evaluated; a digital rectal examination was done to estimate the prostate size. The pre-treatment IPSS of the patient was also obtained. The prostate volume of each patient was then estimated by transabdominal ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean prostate volume was 72.79 +/- 44.38cm3. The mean values for the different diameters of the prostate were 5.63 +/- 1.17cm (longitudinal diameter), 4.48 +/- 0.95cm (anterior posterior diameter), 4.97 +/- 1.06cm (transverse diameter). The Pearson's correlation between pre-treatment International prostate symptom score and prostate volume was -0.0035 (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study has shown that there is no significant relationship between international prostate symptom score and prostate volume in Africans. This is e with similar studies done in other parts of the world.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Nigeria. ihechiudeh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Udeh
authors.forename: O F N
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Ozoemena
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogwuche
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology*; D053448:Prostatism / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index