Research Article

Risk of Urinary Tract Carcinoma among Subjects with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Table 1

Patient demography.

ICNon-IC
n =10192n =30576
CharacteristicN (%)N (%)p-value

Gender
 Female8233(80.78)24699(80.78)1.0000
 Male1959(19.22)5877(19.22)
Average age, mean±SD49.50±16.7349.49±16.720.9716
Age (years)
 <403132(30.73)9382(30.68)0.9936
 40-604399(43.16)13216(43.22)
 >602661(26.11)7978(26.09)
DM842(8.26)1942(6.35)<0.0001
CAD702(6.89)1139(3.73)<0.0001
Renal disease260(2.55)337(1.10)<0.0001
Hyperlipidemia722(7.08)1463(4.78)<0.0001
HTN2026(19.88)4338(14.19)<0.0001
CCI score, mean±SD0.74±1.640.38±0.97<0.0001
Geographic region
 Northern5699(55.92)15608(51.05)<0.0001
 Central1678(16.46)5428(17.75)
 Southern2498(24.51)8857(28.97)
 Eastern317(3.11)683(2.23)
Income, NTD per month
 <$15,8404260(41.80)12532(40.99)0.1525
15,840~$25,0003404(33.40)10180(33.29)
 >$25,0002528(24.80)7864(25.72)

IC: interstitial cystitis, DM: diabetes mellitus, CAD: coronary artery disease, HTN: hypertension; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; NTD: New Taiwan dollar.