Uroplakin IIIa Is a Marker in Bladder Cancer but Seems Not to Reflect Chemical Carcinogenesis

Table 4

8-OHdG levels in urine.

Group	8-OHdG in urine [ng/mg cr.]
	Mean	SD	Me	p-value
BC	19.06	14.29	15.0	p=0.0031 BC vs C
C	11.84	3.81	11.75
NMIBC	16.96	11.96	13.68	p=0.0129 NMIBC vs MIBC
MIBC	25.48	18.89	18.25
LG	14.44	7.36	12.62	p=0.0011 LG vs HG
HG	24.15	18.07	18.25
Non-smoking patients	18.22	9.20	20.58	p>0.05; non-smoking vs smoking
Smoking patients	19.22	15.25	14.77

UPIIIa: uroplakin IIIa; C: control group; BC: patient group; NMIBC: nonmuscle invasive BC; MIBC: muscle invasive BC; LG: low grade; HG: high grade; SD: standard deviation; p: statistically significant difference; Me: median