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

Table 5

GSTπ levels in urine.

Group	GST in urine [ng/mg cr.]
	Mean	SD	Me	p-value
BC	15.81	21.08	8.68	p=0.0005 BC vs C
C	4.62	3.43	3.48
NMIBC	17.17	23.23	8.57	p=0.9606NMIBC vs MIBC
MIBC	10.19	5.34	9.12
LG	12.80	16.99	7.91	p=0.1281LG vs HG
HG	20.05	25.75	13.71
Non-smoking patients	18.23	37.58	7.79	p>0.05non-smoking vs smoking
Smoking patients	15.22	15.65	8.85

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