Combined Genetic Biomarkers Confer Susceptibility to Risk of Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma in a Saudi Population
Table 1
Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics in UBC cases.
Parameter
UBC cases
(95% CI), value
Age at examination (range, years)
46–90
Mean age ± SD (years)
61.8 ± 10.63
38.5
Gender, males
48 (92.3)
28.9
Cigarette smoking
42 (80.8)
25.1
Alcohol consumption (yes)
—
—
Tumor grade:
Low-
17 (32.7)
9.2
High-
35 (67.3)
20.6
Pathologic stage:
31 (59.6)
18.1
9 (17.3)
4.1
12 (23.1)
6.0
Metastasis (yes)
0 (0.0)
Management:
40 (76.9)
23.8
Conservative
42 (80.8)
25.1
Radical
5 (9.6)
1.5 (3.2–21.0)
Chemoradiotherap
3 (5.8)
0.3 (1.2–16.0)
2 (3.8)
0.4 (0.5–13.1)
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