Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the patients in the tissue and urine sets.
| Variable (%) | Tissue set | Urine set | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC cases | Controls | BC cases | Controls | Healthy controls | Hematuria controls | |
| Number | 74 | 7 | 92 | 120 | 66 | 54 |
| Mean age (y) ± SD | 65.26 ± 13.87 | 50.14 ± 10.43 | 65.62 ± 12.89 | 66.72 ± 9.63 | 68.77 ± 8.06 | 64.22 ± 10.82 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 59 (79.7) | 1 (14.3) | 73 (79.3) | 98 (81.7) | 61 (92.4) | 37 (68.5) |
| Female | 15 (20.3) | 6 (85.7) | 19 (20.7) | 22 (18.3) | 5 (7.6) | 17 (31.5) |
| Grade | ||||||
| G1 | 17 (23.0) | 19 (20.7) | ||||
| G2 | 34 (45.9) | 41 (44.6) | ||||
| G3 | 23 (31.1) | 32 (34.8) | ||||
| T stage | ||||||
| Ta | 16 (21.6) | 22 (23.9) | ||||
| T1 | 32 (43.3) | 36 (39.1) | ||||
| T2 | 6 (8.1) | 8 (8.7) | ||||
| T3 | 8 (10.8) | 7 (7.6) | ||||
| T4 | 12 (16.2) | 19 (20.7) | ||||
| N stage | ||||||
| N0 | 65 (87.8) | 80 (87.0) | ||||
| N (1–3) | 9 (12.2) | 12 (13.0) | ||||
| M stage | ||||||
| M0 | 67 (90.5) | 85 (92.4) | ||||
| M1 | 7 (9.5) | 7 (7.6) | ||||
BC, bladder cancer.