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Selected characteristics of bladder cancer cases andcontrols from New Hampshire |
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| Selected Characteristics |
Cases |
Controls |
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| Total Subjects N (%) |
398 (100) |
526 (100) |
| Sex |
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| Women |
107 (27) |
220 (42) |
| Men |
291 (73) |
306 (58) |
| Racea |
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| White |
379 (98) |
513 (99) |
| Other |
8 (2) |
5 (1) |
| Age (Years) |
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| ≤ 51 |
57 (14) |
106 (20) |
| 52–61 |
108 (27) |
123 (23) |
| 62–67 |
90 (23) |
112 (21) |
| 68–71 |
89 (22) |
103 (20) |
| >71 |
54 (14) |
82 (16) |
| Highest Level of Educational Attainmenta |
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| ≤ High school |
204 (53) |
239 (46) |
| > High school |
182 (47) |
281 (54) |
| Cigarette Smokinga |
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| Never |
66 (17) |
193 (37) |
| Former |
195 (50) |
243 (47) |
| Current |
129 (33) |
85 (16) |
| Amount Smoked (cigarettes/day) |
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| ≤ 12 |
41 (13) |
90 (31) |
| 12–20 |
132 (43) |
119 (41) |
| >20 |
136 (44) |
84 (29) |
| WHO-ISUP classificationb |
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| Carcinoma in situ |
18 (6) |
- |
| Papilloma |
1 (0) |
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| Papillary neoplasm of low malignant potential |
84 (26) |
- |
| Papillary carcinoma, low grade |
112 (34) |
- |
| Papillary carcinoma, high grade |
74 (23) |
- |
| Other |
38 (13) |
- |
| Tumour gradeb,c |
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| Grade 1 |
145 (47) |
- |
| Grade 2 |
61 (20) |
- |
| Grade 3 |
103 (33) |
- |
| Tumour stageb |
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| Superficial |
216 (66) |
- |
| Invasive |
93 (28) |
- |
| In situ |
18 (6) |
- |
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a 8 controls and 11 cases had no race information, 6 controls and 12 cases had no education information, 5 controls and 8 cases had no smoking information b Restricted to individuals with confirmed cancers on histopathology reviewed (n = 327). c Grade determinations exclude in situ lesions (n = 18). | ||
Fortuny et al. BMC Urology 2007 7:13 doi:10.1186/1471-2490-7-13 |
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