Table I. Clinicopathogical characteristics of BC patients and healthy controls.
Characteristics | BC patients | Healthy controls |
---|---|---|
No. of subjects | 27 | 32 |
Age (mean, range) | 56, 42–71 | 53, 46–67 |
Male | 19 (70.4%) | 18 (56.2%) |
Female | 8 (29.6%) | 14 (43.8%) |
Cancer grade | ||
Low grade (LG) | 21 (77.8%) | \ |
High grade (HG) | 6 (22.2%) | \ |
BMI (median, range) | 23.3, 16.4–26.8 | 24.4, 18.1–27.4 |
Hematuria | 3 (11.1%) | 0 |
Medications | 0 | 0 |
Smoking habit | ||
Nonsmokers | 13 (48.1%) | 18 (56.3%) |
Ex-smokers | 3 (11.1%) | 0 |
smokers | 10 (37.0%) | 12 (37.5%) |
information not available | 1 (3.7%) | 2 (6.2%) |
Race | Chinese | Chinese |