CHARACTERISTIC PATTERN OF HUMAN PROSTATIC GROWTH WITH AGE

• 来源期刊: 亚洲男性学杂志(英文版)
• 学科: 医学
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（4）
• 页码范围: 269-271
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: R691
• 语种: 中文

摘要

Aim: To study the characteristic pattern of the age-related growth of the human prostate gland. Methods: The volume (weight) of the prostate in 1,601 males, aged from newborn to 92 years, was determined by Bultrasonography. Results: Prostatic volume determination by B-ultrasonography in 1601 males (1301 normal subjects and 300 BPH patients) pointed out that the age-stratified growth of human prostate could be categorized into 4 life stages: (1) the first slow growing phase (from newborn to 9 years): the prostate grows slowly at a rate of 0.14g per year; (2) the first rapid growing phase (from 10 to 30 years): the prostate grows at a rate of 0.84 g per year; (3) the second slow growing phase (from 30 to 50 years), the prostate grows at a rate of 0.21 g per year; (4) the second rapid growing phase (from 50 to 90 years): the prostate grows at one of the following rates: in one group the growth rate is of 0.50 g per year and in the other 1.20 g per year, leading to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Conclu