Histopathologic Differences between Jewish and Arab Population in Israel at First-Time Presentation with Bladder Cancer

Table 1

Comparison of Jewish and Arabs: tumor differentiation, invasiveness, and aggressiveness.

	Arabs ()	Jewish ()	Entire study group ()	value	OR
Age [years]	62.68 ± 12.71	68.55 ± 12.82	67.59 ± 12.97	0.001
Gender
Men ()	58 (85.3%)	280 (81.2%)	338 (81.8%)	0.33
Women ()	10 (14.7%)	65 (18.8%)	75 (18.2%)
Men : women ratio	5.8 : 1	4.3 : 1	4.5 : 1
Tumor type
Transitional urothelial	63 (92.6%)	334 (96.8%)	397 (96.1%)	0.082	3.3
Other	5 (7.4%)	11 (3.2%)	16 (3.9%)
Malignancy grade
Low grade	27 (39.7%)	172 (49.9%)	199 (48.2%)	0.14	1.5
High grade	41 (60.3%)	173 (50.1%)	214 (51.8%)
Stage
Noninvasive	51 (75%)	299 (86.7%)	350 (84.7%)	0.025	2.2
Invasive	17 (25%)	46 (13.3%)	63 (15.3%)
Metastatic	5 (7.4%)	11 (3.2%)	16 (3.9%)