Research Article

Preliminary Evaluation of the Diagnostic Usefulness of Uroplakin 2 with an Assessment of the Antioxidant Potential of Patients with Bladder Cancer

Table 3

TAC level in the urine in BC patients and control group.

GroupsTAC in urine [mM/mM cr.]
MeanSDp-value

BC1.260.63p≤0.001  
BC vs C
C2.050.46

NMIBC1.261.23p=0.484  
NMIBC vs MIBC
MIBC1.360.60

LG1.220.54p=0.621  
LG vs HG
HG1.330.73

M1.280.65p=0.733  
M vs W
W1.200.57

Non-smoking patients1.360.56p=0.593  
non-smoking vs smoking
Smoking patients1.240.65

BC: patients group; C: control group; NMIBC: non-muscle invasive BC; MIBC: muscle invasive BC; LG: low grade; HG: high grade; M: men; W: women; SD: standard deviation; p: statistically significant difference.