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. 2022 Jul 1;40(9):2275–2281. doi: 10.1007/s00345-022-04080-6

Table 1.

Patient and disease characteristics of all muscle-invasive, non-advanced bladder cancer patients in the Netherlands diagnosed in 2018–2020, by sex

Men Women Standardized differences
N % N %
All 2492 72 992 28
 Age at diagnosis
  0–50 40 2 25 3 0.12
  51–60 225 9 103 10
  61–70 623 25 244 25
  71–80 957 38 331 33
  > 80 647 26 289 29
  Median, IQR 74 67–81 74 66–82
 Age-adjusted CCI
  < 2 130 5 70 7 0.17
  2–3 878 35 398 40
  4 570 23 198 20
  5 387 16 133 13
  > 5 425 17 148 15
  Unknown 102 4 45 5
 Performance status at diagnosis
  ECOG 0 965 39 333 34 0.15
  ECOG 1 370 15 133 13
  ECOG 2 169 7 82 8
  ECOG 3/4 50 2 31 3
  Unknown 938 38 413 42
 Renal function (mL/min/1.73m2)
  0–39 342 14 136 14 0.05
  40–59 533 21 216 22
  60–79 647 26 253 26
  ≥ 80 636 26 251 25
  Unknown 334 13 136 14
 Clinical stage
  T2, N0, M0 1,803 72 637 64 0.19
  T3, N0, M0 552 22 259 26
  T4a, N0, M0 137 5 96 10
 Histology
  Urothelial carcinoma 2,334 94 893 90 0.22
  Squamous cell carcinoma 22 1 44 4
  Adenocarcinoma 7 0 2 0
  Neuro-endocrine carcinoma 96 4 29 3
  Undifferentiated carcinoma 4 0 4 0
  Other/undetermined 29 1 20 2

IQR  interquartile range, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group