Objective To investigate the value of urinary prostate-specific antigen（u-PSA）in predicting acute urinary retention（AUR）in elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia（BPH）．Methods A total of 100 elderly patients with BPH in our hospital（from January 2020 to April 2021）were selected for a retrospective study,all of whom were treated with oral tamsulosin hydrochloride + finasteride tablets,followed up for 1 year,and the occurrence of AUR was recorded．The patients were divided into AUR group and non-AUR group．The general data of the two groups were compared．Logistic regression model was used to analyze the risk factors of AUR in elderly BPH patients,and receiver operating characteristic（ROC）was used to analyze the predictive value of prostate volume（PV）and u-PSA for AUR occurrence．Results The incidence of AUR in 100 elderly patients with BPH was 26%;the level of u-PSA in the AUR group was higher than that in the non-AUR group,and the PV was greater than that in the non-AUR group（P<0.05）．Increased PV was an independent risk factor for AUR in elderly patients with BPH（P<0.05）．ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC of u-PSA for predicting AUR was 0.897,which was higher than that of PV（P<0.05）．Conclusions u-PSA can be used as a quantitative evaluation index for AUR secondary to BPH in the elderly,which is conducive to early clinical screening and diagnosing,and taking targeted intervention measures to improve prognosis.