Research Article

Clinical Implications and Prognostic Values of Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Candidate Methylation in Primary Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of subjects.

VariablesNC ()NMIBC ()

Age, yrs (mean)59.0 ± 22.264 ± 13.4
Gender, number of patients (%)
 Male6 (75.0)107 (83.6)
 Female2 (25.0)21 (16.4)
Number of tumors (%)
 Single76 (59.4)
 Multiple52 (40.6)
Tumor size (%)
 <3 cm76 (59.4)
 ≥3 cm52 (40.6)
Grade, number of patients (%)
 G138 (29.7)
 G272 (56.2)
 G318 (14.1)
T Stage
 Ta47 (36.7)
 T181 (63.3)
Intravesical treatment, number of patients (%)
 No58 (45.3)
 Yes70 (54.7)
Recurrence-free survival, months (median)44.5 (6.2–160.7)
Recurrence, number of patients (%)
 No90 (70.3)
 Yes38 (29.7)
Progression-free survival, months (median)51.0 (6.6–160.7)
Progression, number of patients (%)
 No113 (88.3)
 Yes15 (11.7)

NC: normal control; NMIBC: nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer.