Urinary Bladder Cancer in Egypt: Are There Gender Differences in Its Histopathological Presentation?
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of bladder cancer cases (squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and urothelial cell carcinoma (UC)) in Egyptian men and women.
Variable
Males
Females
value
SCC
UC
SCC
UC
Age ± SD (years)
57.2 ± 10.3
61.2 ± 10.3
53.4 ± 10.8
59.2 ± 11.1
SCC < 0.0001; UC 0.01
Age group (years)
≤45
64 (11.1)
89 (7.4)
49 (23.4)
24 (11.9)
>45–≤55
182 (31.7)
259 (21.6)
83 (39.5)
46 (22.9)
SCC < 0.0001
>55–≤65
206 (35.9)
421 (35.0)
53 (25.2)
73 (36.3)
UC 0.06
>65
122 (21.3)
432 (36.0)
25 (11.9)
58 (28.9)
Marital status
Not married
11 (1.9)
11 (0.9)
7 (3.3)
1 (0.5)
SCC 0.2
Married
563 (98.1)
1190 (99.1)
203 (96.7)
200 (99.5)
UC 0.5
Education
None
458 (79.8)
804 (67.0)
193 (91.9)
177 (88.1)
SCC < 0.0001
Some
116 (20.2)
395 (33.0)
17 (8.1)
24 (11.9)
UC < 0.0001
Residence
North
36 (6.3)
176 (14.7)
27 (12.9)
28 (13.9)
SCC 0.002
South
538 (93.7)
1025 (85.3)
183 (87.1)
173 (86.1)
UC 0.6
Urban
52 (9.1)
217 (18.1)
21 (10.0)
35 (17.4)
SCC 0.6
Rural
522 (90.9)
984 (81.9)
189 (90)
166 (82.6)
UC 0.8
Smoking
None
99 (17.3)
144 (12.0)
203 (96.6)
196 (97.5)
Waterpipe
80 (13.9)
121 (10.1)
4 (2.0)
2 (1.0)
SCC < 0.0001
Cigarette
322 (56.1)
761 (63.3)
3 (1.4)
3 (1.5)
UC < 0.0001
Both
73 (12.7)
175 (14.6)
0
0
Schistosomiasis
No
211 (36.8)
469 (39.0)
148 (70.5)
145 (72.1)
SCC < 0.0001
Yes
320 (55.7)
670 (55.8)
44 (20.9)
41 (20.4)
UC < 0.0001
Unknown
43 (7.5)
62 (5.2)
18 (8.6)
15 (7.5)
Secondhand smoke
No
46 (8.0)
92 (7.7)
5 (3.5)
3 (2.5)
SCC 0.06
Yes
527 (92.0)
1106 (92.3)
139 (96.5)
119 (97.5)
UC 0.03
Comparison of value between males and females was done using Student’s t-test and χ2 for continuous and categorical variables, respectively. For some variables, the sum does not add up to the total because of missing information.
