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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of fibulin-1 expression in 139 NMIBC patients

From: Fibulin-1 is epigenetically down-regulated and related with bladder cancer recurrence

Characteristic

Total (n = 139)

Fibulin-1 expression

P-value

Negative (75)

Weak (49)

Strong (15)

Sex

    

0.909

  Men

102

54 (52.9%)

37 (36.3%)

11 (10.8%)

 

  Women

37

21 (56.8%)

12 (32.4%)

4 (10.8%)

 

Age (years)

    

0.657

  <average(62)

64

32 (50.0%)

24 (37.5%)

8 (12.5%)

 

  ≥average(62)

75

43 (57.3%)

25 (33.3%)

7 (9.4%)

 

Grade

    

<0.01*

  Low grade

91

40 (44.0%)

37 (40.7%)

14 (15.4%)

 

  High grade

48

35 (72.9%)

12 (25.0%)

1 (2.1%)

 

Stage

    

0.225

  PTa

63

36 (57.1%)

18 (28.6%)

9 (14.3%)

 

  PT1

76

39 (51.3%)

31 (40.8%)

6 (7.9%)

 
  1. *Two-tailed fisher’s exact test was done to determine the relationship of fibulin-1 expression with various variables and statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.
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