Blood PSA testing is used as a screening test for prostate cancer. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels by age remain the same across most populations. A PSA level above 4.0 ng/mL in any age group must be investigated. However, PSA levels can spike in noncancerous conditions, such as ...
However, we would take a small risk in being wrong by concluding that the increase from the youngest (50s) to the oldest (80s) is a real change. Sign in to download full-size image Figure 3.6. Prostate volume (in milliliters) means for 297 men allocated to their decades of age, ...
A box-and-whisker chart of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 291 urologic patients in the 50- to .89-year age range separated into decades of age: 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s,. Readings above the line drawn at PSA level 10 show a high risk for prostate cancer. Showing Sample ...
A low hematocrit means the percentage of red blood cells is below the lower limits of normal (see above) for that person's age, sex, or specific condition (for example, pregnancy or high-altitude living). Another term for low hematocrit is anemia. Causes of low hematocrit, or anemia, inc...
("bad") cholesterol and triglycerides and can raise your HDL ("good") cholesterol. This can lower the risk for heart attack, stroke, certain types of heart surgery, and chest pain in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease such as age, smoking, high blood ...
Known cardiovascular, pulmonary, or metabolic (for example, diabetes) disease, including: History of a heart attack If your father or another male first-degree relative died suddenly before 55 years of age from a heart attack or before 65 years of age in your mother or other first-degree fem...