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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Are urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract a distinct entity from urothelial carcinomas of the urinary bladder? Behavior of urothelial carcinoma after radical surgery with respect to anatomical location: a case control study

 

Upper urinary tract cancer

Bladder cancer

P value

 

No. of patients

%

No. of patients

%

 

No. of patients

335

100

302

100

 

Age, years

    

0.217

Mean

63.0

 

62.0

  

Range

29.5-90.0

 

21.0-85.6

  

Sex

    

<0.001

Male

265

79.1

270

89.4

 

Female

70

20.9

32

10.6

 

Body mass index, kg/m2

    

0.001

Mean

24.2

 

23.4

  

Range

13.8-38.8

 

13.9-32.5

  

ASA score

    

0.005

1

114

34.0

136

45.0

 

≥2

221

66.0

166

55.0

 

Hydronephrosis

161

48.1

61

20.2

<0.001

Pathological T category

    

0.584

≤pT1

131

39.1

113

37.4

 

pT2

58

17.3

62

20.5

 

≥pT3

146

43.6

127

42.1

 

Pathological N category

    

<0.001

pN-

39

11.6

237

78.5

 

pN+

16

4.8

65

21.5

 

pNx

280

83.6

0

0.0

 

Tumor grade

    

<0.001

≤II

241

71.9

125

41.4

 

III

94

28.1

177

58.6

 

LVI

63

18.8

108

35.8

<0.001

Associated CIS

30

9.0

66

21.9

<0.001

Positive surgical margin

14

4.2

23

7.6

0.064

  1. Abbreviations: ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists, LVI = Lymphovascular invasion, CIS = carcinoma in situ.