Research Article
TSP-1-1223 A/G Polymorphism as a Potential Predictor of the Recurrence Risk of Bladder Cancer in a Chinese Population
Table 1
Frequency distribution of selected variables of the bladder cancer cases and controls.
| Variables | Cases () | Controls () | | | % | | % |
| Age (year) | | | | | | <65 | 289 | 47.5 | 331 | 49.4 | 0.486 | ≥65 | 320 | 52.5 | 339 | 50.6 | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 484 | 79.5 | 506 | 75.5 | 0.091 | Female | 125 | 20.5 | 164 | 24.5 | | Smoking status | | | | | | Never | 317 | 52.1 | 426 | 63.6 | <0.001 | Ever | 292 | 47.9 | 244 | 36.4 | | Drinking status | | | | | | No | 418 | 68.6 | 482 | 71.9 | 0.196 | Yes | 191 | 31.4 | 188 | 28.1 | | Family history of cancer | | | | | | No | 440 | 72.2 | 622 | 92.8 | <0.001 | Yes | 169 | 27.8 | 48 | 7.2 | | Tumor stage | | | | | | Nonmuscle invasive | 466 | 76.5 | | | | Muscle invasive | 143 | 23.5 | | | | Tumor grade | | | | | | Grade 1 | 298 | 48.9 | | | | Grade 2 | 194 | 31.9 | | | | Grade 3 | 117 | 19.2 | | | |
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Student’s -test for age distribution between the cases and controls; two-sided test for other selected variables between the cases and controls.
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