Effect of Age on Selenium and PSA Levels of Prostate Cancer Patients
Abstract: This study determined levels of serum selenium and prostate specific antigen (PSA) in patients diagnosed with prostate cancer. The patients aged from 40 years and above were among those attending the Urology Clinic of Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, from October, 2006 to March, 2008. Samples of sixty (60) patients were analyzed for serum PSA using the Enzyme Immunoassay method and selenium using the electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Serum samples of forty (40) aged-matched controls selected randomly from a cross section of socioeconomic groups were also analyzed for serum PSA and selenium. The mean serum PSA and selenium concentrations of the 60 patients were 33.218.55g/L and 17.479.47g/L respectively. The controls had mean serum PSA and selenium concentrations of 2.881.65g/L and 8329.91g/L respectively. The mean serum PSA of patients were significantly (p
Keywords: Prostate specific antigen, cancer, selenium, malignant
How to Cite?: Ebirien-Agana Samuel Bartimaeus, Brown Holy, Chukwuma Ebenezer Obi, "Effect of Age on Selenium and PSA Levels of Prostate Cancer Patients", Volume 6 Issue 8, August 2017, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 957-960, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20175172, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20175172