Clinical Study
N-Acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) Genotype: A Risk Factor for Urinary Bladder Cancer in a Lebanese Population
Table 2
Sociodemographic background of cases and controls (n = 160).
| | Variables | | Bladder cancer cases | Control |
| | Age | Mean (SD) | 67.1 (8.1) | 65.6 (11.3) | | | | P-value = 0.39 |
| | Years of education | Mean (SD) | 8.26 6.76 | 7.88 5.34 | | | | P-value = 0.69 |
| | Salary (US$) | Mean (SD) | 1721 (2435) | 1885 (2230) | | | | P-value = 0.003 |
| | Salary (US $) | | N (%) | N (%) | | Less than 500 $ | | 11 (27.5) | 36 (52.9) | | Between 500 $ and 1000 $ | | 16 (40) | 27 (39.7) | | Between 1000 $ and 5000 $ | | 12 (30) | 5 (7.4) | | More than 5000 $ | | 1 (2.5) | 0 (0) |
| | Current residence | | | | | Beirut | | 18 (33.3) | 79 (79) | | Mount lebanon | | 25 (46.3) | 15 (15) | | North | | 2 (3.7) | 4 (4) | | South | | 4 (7.4) | 2 (2) | | Bekaa | | 5 (9.3) | 0 (0) | | | | P-Value = 0.00 |
| | Prostate-related symptoms | | | | | Yes | | 28 (51.9) | 23 (21.9) | | No | | 26 (48.1) | 82 (78.1) | | | | P-Value = 0.00 |
| | Suffering from UTI problems | | | | | Yes | | 2 (3.7) | 23 (21.9) | | No | | 52 (96.3) | 82 (78.1) | | | | P-Value = 0.03 |
| | Histological type and grade | | Bladder Cancer Cases N (%) | | Papillary transitional cell carcinoma | | 45 (84.9) | | Transitional cell carcinoma (NOS) | | 5 (9.4) | | Adenocarcinoma (NOS) | | 1 (1.9) | | Unspecified bladder cancer | | 2 (3.8) | | Low grade | | 26 (51) | | High grade | | 25 (49) |
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