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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2010 Nov;76(5):1092–1096. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.02.020

Table 1.

Pelvic dimensions and prostate measurements by ethnicity.

Dimension African-American Caucasian P value
BONY
Pelvic inlet
 Upper conjugate 103 (95, 108) 110 (103, 116) <0.001
 Symphysis angle 43.1° (40.5°, 45.9°) 41.3° (38.1°, 44.7°) 0.001
Pelvic midplane
 Lower conjugate 103 (97, 111) 105 (98, 111) 0.14
 ISD 92 (88, 97) 94 (88, 98) 0.049
 BFW 97 (93, 102) 102 (98, 106) <0.001
SOFT TISSUE
Pelvic midplane
(Soft tissue width) 51 (48, 56) 57 (50, 60) <0.001
PROSTATE
Prostate width 45 (41, 49) 49 (45, 53) <0.001
Max. Prostate width 48 (43, 53) 52 (48, 55) <0.001
Depth of prostate 27 (22, 31) 29 (23, 33) 0.064
Height of prostate
base		 14 (10, 19) 14 (8.8, 21) 0.98
Prostate volume 28.4 (22.5, 40.0) 36.4 (27.4, 47.7) <0.001

All values are median (interquartile range) expressed in mm for all measurements except symphysis angle which is expressed in degrees and prostate volume which is expressed in cc.