Lifestyle factors and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in UK Biobank: Implications for epidemiological research

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• 作者：Thomas J. Littlejohns^a ; ^{thomas.littlejohns@ndph.ox.ac.uk} ; Ruth C. Travis^b ; ^{ruth.travis@ndph.ox.ac.uk} ; Tim J. Key^b ; ^{tim.key@ndph.ox.ac.uk} ; Naomi E. Allen^a ; ^{naomi.allen@ndph.ox.ac.uk}
• 关键词：BMI ; body mass index ; CI ; confidence interval ; OR ; odds ratio ; PSA ; prostate-specific antigen
• 刊名：Cancer Epidemiology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：45
• 期：Complete
• 页码：40-46
• 全文大小：296 K
• 卷排序：45

文摘

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is key in diagnosing prostate cancer. Risk factors for prostate cancer were related to the likelihood of PSA testing. There is potential for detection bias in epidemiological studies of prostate cancer.