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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2010 Sep;123(9):10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.05.011. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.05.011

Figure 3. The hypothesized mechanism for lower prostate cancer incidence among obese men.

Figure 3

Figure 3 illustrates the hypothesis that obese men are less likely to reach the biopsy threshold, possibly because of lower testosterone concentrations, which in turn cause PSA concentrations to be lower, ultimately resulting in lower biopsy rates and therefore lower incidence of prostate cancer