Does Inflammation Mediate the Obesity and BPH Relationship? An Epidemiologic Analysis of Body Composition and Inflammatory Markers in Blood, Urine, and Prostate Tissue, and the Relationship with Prostate Enlargement and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

• Jay H. Fowke ,

  * E-mail: Jay.fowke@vanderbilt.edu

  Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Tatsuki Koyama,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Oluwole Fadare,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America

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• Peter E. Clark

  Affiliation Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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