Table 1.

Characteristics of the NMIBC patients. Since control tissues are from the same person (the corresponding normal tissue), number, age and gender properties are the same as for NMIBC tissue*.

Characteristics
Number of patients	17
Gender (male/female) (n/n)	14/3
Mean age (years)	68.65 ± 15.02
Age range (years)	37–92
Diagnosis (n)	NMIBC, transitional cell carcinoma (17)
Grade (n)	Low-grade (6); High-grade (11)
Stage (n)	Ta (14); T1 (3)
Primer/recurrence	primer
Treatment	None
Control (n)	Normal bladder tissue* (17)