Table 1 Clinicopathological data according to A-FABP expression
| Â | N(%) | A-FABP | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | |||
Population | 236 (100) | 134 (56.8) | 102 (43.2) | – |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 192 (81.4) | 111 (82.8) | 81 (79.4) | 0.503 |
 Female | 44 (18.6) | 23 (17.2) | 21 (20.6) |  |
Age | ||||
 Mean (sd) | 70.45 (±13.3) | 72.1 (±12.8) | 68.3 (±13.8) | 0.028 |
Histology | ||||
 Papillary | 215 (91.1) | 118 (88.1) | 97 (95.1) | 0.06 |
 Variants* | 21 (8.9) | 16 (11.9) | 5 (4.9) |  |
pT | ||||
 pTa | 114 (48.4) | 43 (32.1) | 71 (69.6) | < 0.001** |
 pT1 | 61 (25.8) | 39 (29.1) | 22 (21.6) |  |
 pT2 | 45 (19.1) | 40 (29.9) | 5 (4.9) |  |
 pT3 | 5 (2.1) | 4 (3.0) | 1 (1.0) |  |
 pT4 | 11 (4.7) | 8 (6.0) | 3 (2.9) |  |
pN | ||||
 0 | 206 (87.3) | 110 (82.1) | 96 (94.1) | 0.006 |
 1–2 | 30 (12.7) | 24 (17.9) | 6 (5.9) |  |
pM | ||||
 0 | 231 (97.9) | 130 (97) | 101 (99) | 0.393 |
 1 | 5 (2.1) | 4 (3) | 1 (1) |  |
Grade | ||||
 PUNLMP | 25 (10.6) | 6 (4.5) | 19 (18.6) | < 0.001 |
 LG-UC | 76 (32.2) | 30 (22.4) | 46 (45.1) |  |
 HG-UC | 135 (57.2) | 98 (73.1) | 37 (36.3) |  |
Cis | ||||
 yes | 9 (3.8) | 7 (5.2) | 2 (2) | 0.306 |
 no | 227 (96.2) | 127 (94.8) | 100 (98) |  |