Research Article
Risk of Urinary Tract Carcinoma among Subjects with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
| | IC | Non-IC | | | n =10192 | n =30576 | | Characteristic | N (%) | N (%) | p-value |
| Gender | | | | Female | 8233(80.78) | 24699(80.78) | 1.0000 | Male | 1959(19.22) | 5877(19.22) | | Average age, mean±SD | 49.50±16.73 | 49.49±16.72 | 0.9716 | Age (years) | | | | <40 | 3132(30.73) | 9382(30.68) | 0.9936 | 40-60 | 4399(43.16) | 13216(43.22) | | >60 | 2661(26.11) | 7978(26.09) | | DM | 842(8.26) | 1942(6.35) | <0.0001 | CAD | 702(6.89) | 1139(3.73) | <0.0001 | Renal disease | 260(2.55) | 337(1.10) | <0.0001 | Hyperlipidemia | 722(7.08) | 1463(4.78) | <0.0001 | HTN | 2026(19.88) | 4338(14.19) | <0.0001 | CCI score, mean±SD | 0.74±1.64 | 0.38±0.97 | <0.0001 | Geographic region | | | | Northern | 5699(55.92) | 15608(51.05) | <0.0001 | Central | 1678(16.46) | 5428(17.75) | | Southern | 2498(24.51) | 8857(28.97) | | Eastern | 317(3.11) | 683(2.23) | | Income, NTD per month | | | | <$15,840 | 4260(41.80) | 12532(40.99) | 0.1525 | 15,840~$25,000 | 3404(33.40) | 10180(33.29) | | >$25,000 | 2528(24.80) | 7864(25.72) | |
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IC: interstitial cystitis, DM: diabetes mellitus, CAD: coronary artery disease, HTN: hypertension; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; NTD: New Taiwan dollar.
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