Performance of prostate-specific antigen mass in estimation of prostate volume in Japanese men with benign prostate hyperplasia

Obese men with benign prostate hyperplasia might have lower serum prostate-specific antigen because of hemodilution, resulting in underestimation of total prostate volume by serum prostate-specific antigen. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of prostate-specific antigen mass as the absolute amount of prostate-specific antigen protein secreted into circulation with that of serum prostate-specific antigen in the prediction of total prostate volume.A total of 1517 men with serum prostate-specific antigen up to 10 ng/mL, including 1425 with biopsy-proven benign prostate hyperplasia, were enrolled in this study. Height and weight were used to estimate body mass index, body surface area and plasma volume. Prostate-specific antigen mass was calculated as serum prostate-specific antigen multiplied by plasma volume. The association between serum prostate-specific antigen or prostate-specific antigen mass and transrectal ultrasound-measured total prostate volume were evaluated by Pearson's correlation coefficient (Υ), linear regression analyses and receiver operating characteristic curves.Serum prostate-specific antigen had an inverse relationship with plasma volume, decreasing as plasma volume increased, after adjustment of total prostate volume. Larger total prostate volume per serum prostate-specific antigen was found in men with higher body mass index or plasma volume. Among all participants, the correlation (Υ = 0.456) between prostate-specific antigen mass and total prostate volume was apparently stronger than that (Υ = 0.442) between serum prostate-specific antigen and total prostate volume. Prostate-specific antigen mass outperformed serum prostate-specific antigen at estimating total prostate volume cut-off values of 30 and 40 mL. These findings were more significant in men aged ≥60 years.Prostate-specific antigen mass performs better than serum prostate-specific antigen in estimating TPV, especially in men aged ≥60 years.