Research Article

Use of the Nuclear Matrix Protein 22 BladderChek Test for the Detection of Primary and Recurrent Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 1

Patient demographics.

GroupMedian age
Year (25th–75th percentile)
Male
Number (%)

 Primary UC ()66 (59-75)70 (68.0%)
 Benign diseases ()62 (52-72)680 (60.4%)
value<0.0010.134
#
 Primary UC ()69 (59-77)33 (68.8%)
 Benign diseases ()59 (46-71)24 (57.1%)
value0.0020.254
&
 Recurrent UC ()75 (62-79)21 (72.4%)
 Nonrecurrent UC ()64 (60-73)38 (62.3%)
value0.0100.345

Note: UC, urothelial carcinoma; patients performed the NMP22 BladderChek tests; #patients performed the NMP22 BladderChek tests and urine cytology tests; &patients with surgical treatment UC; the Mann-Whitney test was used to calculate two-sided values; categorical variables were analyzed with a test.