Differentiating Nonfunctional Paraganglioma of the Bladder from Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder: Pitfalls and Breakthroughs

Table 2

Differences in general clinical characteristics between the 2 groups.

Variable	NPB	UCB	value	Statistical method
Age	43.1 ± 13.6	59.8 ± 12.0	<0.001	Student’s t-test
Sex (%)
Male	7 (50)	34 (81.0)	0.037	Fisher’s exact test
Female	7 (50)	8 (19.0)
Hematuria (%)
Yes	5 (35.7)	35 (83.3)	0.001	Fisher’s exact test
No	9 (64.3)	7 (16.7)
Maxi-diameter	1.9 (IQR: 1.0–2.6)	2.0 (IQR: 1.0–3.0)	0.609	Wilcoxon rank-sum test

NPB = nonfunctional paraganglioma of the bladder; UCB = urothelial carcinoma of the bladder; and IQR = interquartile range.