Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants with NMIBC by BCG exposure
| NMIBC BCG | NMIBC | P-value BCG | |||
| no BCG | vs no BCG | ||||
| Total | Fully | Partially | |||
| exposed | exposed | ||||
| Total | 399 | 130 | 269 | 286 | |
| Male sex (%) | 341 (85%) | 107 (82%) | 234 (87%) | 225 (79%) | 0.02 |
| Age at first questionnaire | 71 (64–75) | 71 (65–75) | 71 (64–75) | 70 (65–75) | 0.67 |
| (median (IQR)) | |||||
| Smoking history1 | 0.71 | ||||
| Never smoker (%) | 75 (19%) | 25 (19%) | 50 (19%) | 59 (21%) | |
| Previous smoker (%) | 288 (72%) | 95 (73%) | 193 (72%) | 199 (70%) | |
| Current smoker (%) | 35 (9%) | 10 (8%) | 25 (9%) | 28 (10%) | |
| Body mass index (median, IQR)1 | 26.3 (24.4–29.0) | 27.2 (24.6–29.2) | 26.3 (24.4–29.0) | 26.3 (24.2–28.9) | 0.39 |
| Comorbid conditions1 | |||||
| History of heart | 208 (52%) | 66 (51%) | 142 (53%) | 156 (55%) | 0.59 |
| disease (including | |||||
| hypertension) | |||||
| History of chronic | 55 (14%) | 19 (15%) | 36 (13%) | 42 (15%) | 0.82 |
| lung disease (asthma, | |||||
| COPD, bronchitis, emphysema) | |||||
| Diabetes mellitus1 | 56 (14%) | 12 (9%) | 44 (16%) | 39 (14%) | 0.91 |
| BCG vaccination ever (%)2 | 69 (18%) | 22 (17%) | 47 (18%) | 55 (20%) | 0.55 |
| Employment status | 0.23 | ||||
| Employed | 86 (22%) | 27 (21%) | 59 (22%) | 61 (21%) | |
| Retired | 289 (72%) | 94 (72%) | 195 (72%) | 208 (73%) | |
| Unemployed | 24 (6%) | 9 (7%) | 15 (6%) | 17 (6%) | |
| Health care personnel3 | 33 (8%) | 9 (7%) | 24 (9%) | 35 (12%) | 0.09 |
1Data of 1 patient was missing. 2Data of 10 patients were missing. 3Data of 3 patients were missing.