Table 1.

Characteristics of Gallbladder Cancer (GBC) and Gallbladder Inflammatory Disease (GID) Patients

Characteristics	Control (GID) (n=50)	Cases (GBC) (n=50)
Age (mean±S.E) (Range) (Years)	40.14±1.35 (20-55)	50.52±1.43 (32-70)
Gender:
Male	14 (28%)	8 (16%)
Female	36 (72%)	42 (84%)
Gall stones:
Present	42 (84%)	31 (62%)
Absent	6 (12%)	19 (38%)
Pain in upper abdomen
Present	All	44 (88%)
Absent	0	6 (12%)
Tumor differentiation
Well differentiated	-	31 (62%)
Moderately differentiated	-	12 (24%)
Poorly differentiated	-	7 (14%)
Staging
I-II	-	23 (46%)
III-IV	-	27 (54%)
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	-	34 (68%)
No	-	16 (32%)
Liver Metastasis
Yes	-	7 (14%)
No	-	43 (86%)

Data are presented as n (%)