Research Article

Association between AXIN1 Gene Polymorphisms and Bladder Cancer in Chinese Han Population

Table 1

Characteristics of the studied population.

CharacteristicsPatientsControls

Age at first diagnosis ()
Sex
 Male250 (79.1%)225 (53.7%)
 Female66 (20.9)194 (46.3%)
Smoking status
 Smoker163 (51.6%)184 (43.9%)
 Nonsmoker153 (48.4%)235 (56.1%)
Tumor stage
 MIBC149 (47.2%)
 NMIBC167 (52.8%)
Tumor grade
 High grade182 (57.6%)
 Low grade134 (42.4%)
Clinical stage
 I (Ta ~ T1N0M0)156 (53.1%)
 II (T2N0M0)84 (28.6%)
 III (T3N0M0, T4aN0M0)34 (11.6%)
 IV (T4bN0M0, TnNnM0, TnNnMn, )20 (6.7%)