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ArticleInternational braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology

PSA kinetics before 40 years of age.

Cristiano Linck Pazeto, Thiago Fernandes Negris Lima, Jose Carlos Truzzi, Nairo Sumita, Jose de Sa, Fernando R Oliveira, Sidney Glina

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  2. Is serum PSA a predictor of male hypogonadism?Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2021
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  3. Prostate cancer awareness in the city of São Paulo.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2021
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Cristiano Linck PazetoDepartamento de Urologia, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil.
Thiago Fernandes Negris LimaDepartamento de Urologia, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil.
Jose Carlos TruzziFleury Medicina e Saúde São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Nairo SumitaFleury Medicina e Saúde São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Jose de SaFleury Medicina e Saúde São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fernando R OliveiraDepartamento de Epidemiologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Sidney GlinaDepartamento de Urologia, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil.

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Abstract

purposeThe baseline PSA has been proposed as a possible marker for prostate cancer. The PSA determination before 40 years seems interesting because it not suffers yet the drawbacks related to more advanced ages. Considering the scarcity of data on this topic, an analysis of PSA kinetics in this period seems interesting. MATERIALS AND

methodsA retrospective assay in a database of a private diagnostic center was performed from 2003 to 2016. All subjects with a PSA before 40 years were included.

results92995 patients performed PSA between the ages of 21 - 39. The mean value ranged from 0.66 ng / mL (at age 22) to 0.76 ng / mL (at age 39) and the overall mean was 0.73 ng / mL. As for outliers, 3783 individuals presented a baseline PSA > 1.6 ng / mL (p95). A linear regression model showed that each year there is a PSA increase of 0.0055 ng / mL (β = 0.0055; r² = 0.0020; p < 0.001). A plateau in PSA between 23 and 32 years was found and there were only minimal variations among the ages regardless of the evaluated percentile.

conclusionIt was demonstrated that PSA kinetics before 40 years is a very slow and progressive phenomenon regardless of the assessed percentile. Considering our results, it could be suggested that any PSA performed in this period could represent the baseline value without significant distortions.

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AdultHumansKineticsMaleProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsReference ValuesRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultProstate-Specific AntigenKinetics, Prostatic NeoplasmsProstate-Specific Antigen

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PMCPMC6442185

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