Clinical Study
A Dual 5α-Reductase Inhibitor Dutasteride Caused Reductions in Vascular Density and Area in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Table 1
Characteristics of Patients and TUR-P.
| | | Control group | Dutasteride group | value |
| | Number |
12
|
15
| | | Age (years) | | |
0.1294
| | Height (cm) | | |
0.9609
| | Body weight (kg) | | |
0.7508
| | Body mass index | | |
0.4792
| | Prostate volume at first visit (cm3) | | |
0.1021
| | Duration of dutasteride administration (weeks) | — | | | | Reduction in prostate volume (%) | — | | | | Operation time (min) | | |
0.9027
| | Operative intravenous crystalloid infusion (mL) | | |
0.1011
| | Weight of resected prostate tissue (g) | | |
0.3528
| | Hb (g/dL) | | | | | Before TUR-P | | |
0.6080
| | After TUR-P | | |
0.7320
| | Changes in Hb (g/dl) | | |
0.3167
| | Hct (%) | | | | | Before TUR-P | | |
0.9222
| | After TUR-P | | |
0.6429
| | Changes in Hct (%) | | |
0.9611
| | Na (nmol/L) | | | | | Before TUR-P | | |
0.9603
| | After TUR-P | | |
0.7125
| | Changes in Na (nmol/L) | | |
0.3894
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Hb: blood hemoglobin, Hct: hematocrit, and Na: serum sodium. Values are exBeforessed as the mean ± SD. values are from the Mann-Whitney test.
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