Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the 224 participants in this research.

	BC patients	HCs
Total number	112	112
Age (mean ± SD)	61.8 ± 13.6	59.3 ± 13.1
Gender (%)
Male	91 (81.2)	85 (75.9)
Female	21 (18.8)	27 (24.1)
T stage (%)
Ta	24 (21.4)
T1	60 (53.6)
T2	20 (17.9)
T3–4	8 (7.1)
Grade (%)
Low	58 (51.8)
High	54 (49.2)