Research Article

Associations between Interleukin-32 Gene Polymorphisms rs12934561 and rs28372698 and Susceptibilities to Bladder Cancer and the Prognosis in Chinese Han Population

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

CharacteristicsNMIBC groupMIBC groupControls

Sample size170151437
Sex
 Male131 (77.1%)122 (80.8%)336 (76.9%)
 Female39 (22.9%)29 (19.2%)101 (23.1%)
Age at first diagnosis ()
Smoking status
 Smokers85 (50.0%)82 (54.3%)199 (45.5%)
 Nonsmokers85 (50.0%)69 (45.7%)238 (54.5%)
Clinical stage
 Ta10 (5.9%)
 T1160 (94.1%)
 T289 (58.9%)
 T3a34 (22.5%)
 T3b17 (11.3%)
 T411 (7.3%)
Tumor grade
 Low grade114 (67.1%)23 (15.2%)
 High grade56 (32.9%)128 (84.8%)