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Table 2.

Correlation between MYC expression and clinicopathological characteristics of bladder cancer patients

Parameters	Group	Total	MYC expression		P value
Parameters	Group	Total	High	Low	P value
Age (years)	<59	12	7	5	0.232
Age (years)	≥59	27	22	5	0.232
Gender	Male	25	18	7	0.721
Gender	Female	14	11	3	0.721
Tumor size (cm)	<3	21	15	6	0.726
Tumor size (cm)	≥3	18	14	4	0.726
Histological grade (PUNLMP)	Low-grade	19	11	8	0.031*
Histological grade (PUNLMP)	High-grade	20	18	2	0.031*
TNM stage	0/ I	8	3	5	0.016*
TNM stage	II/III/IV	31	26	5	0.016*
Lymph nodes metastasis	N0	33	25	8	0.636
Lymph nodes metastasis	N1 or above	6	4	2	0.636

PUNLMP papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential, TNM according to the seventh edition of staging TNM of Union Internationale Contre Le Cancer (UICC) in 2009

*P < 0.05 was considered significant (Chi-square test between 2 groups)