Benign prostate hyperplasia prevalence: Enugu state of Nigeria: A case study

The prevalence of BPH varies from race to race, tribe to tribe and from country to country. It became necessary to know the BPH prevalence in Enugu State of Nigeria following the rising cases of BPH, Prostatitis and Prostate cancer in Nigeria. A total of 237 adult men at the age range of 40 to 80 years were tested for PSA, using the principle of immunological antibody antigen reaction. It was statistically noted that the PSA of men between the ages of 40 to 49 years fell within normal physiological reference range. PSA of men within 40 to 60 years showed significant increase(P<0.05) while that of men within 61 to 80 years had significant increase of PSA (p<0.05). This work concludes that there is a prevalence of both histological enlargement of prostate and clinical BPH in Enugu state of Nigeria.