Table 1.
Comparison of the baseline characteristics of the bladder cancer cases and the matched controls.
| Baseline characteristics | Bladder Cancer Cases (n = 30) N (%) |
Matched Controls (n = 101) N (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years)a | 0·769 | ||
| 59·1 (42·2 – 75·1) | 57·7 (± 41·3 – 75·2) | ||
| Gender | 0·891 | ||
| • Male | 21 (70) | 72 (71·3) | |
| • Female | 9 (30) | 29 (28·7) | |
| Ethnicity | 0·322 | ||
| • Turkman | 16 (53·3) | 64 (63·4) | |
| • Non-Turkman | 14 (46·7) | 37 (36·6) | |
| Residence | 0·237 | ||
| • Rural | 21 (70·0) | 81 (80·2) | |
| • Urban | 9 (30·0) | 20 (19·8) | |
| Socioeconomic statusb | 0·665 | ||
| • Low | 8 (26·7) | 35 (34·7) | |
| • Middle | 13 (43·3) | 36 (35·6) | |
| • High | 9 (30·0) | 30 (29·7) | |
| Regular tobacco consumption | 0·039 | ||
| • Never | 13 (43·3) | 65 (64·4) | |
| • Ever | 17 (56·7) | 36 (35·6) | |
| Regular opium consumption | 0·037 | ||
| • Never | 17 (56·7) | 77 (76·2) | |
| • Ever | 13 (43·3) | 24 (23·8) | |
| Regular alcohol drinking | 0·181 | ||
| • Never | 26 (86·7) | 95 (94·1) | |
| • Ever | 4 (13·3) | 6 (5·9) | |
| Time from sample collection until diagnosis of BC (years)a | |||
| Bladder cancer categories | – | ||
| • Non-muscle-invasive | 9 (30·0) | – | |
| • Muscle-invasive | 16 (53·3) | – | |
| • Un-known | 5 (16·7) | ||
a
Displayed as Median (Range).
N: Number; BC: Bladder Cancer.
b
Socioeconomic status was determined using a wealth score that was created using multiple correspondence analysis on the ownership of house, vehicle, and some home appliances.