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Table 4 Types of cancers in relation to demographic characteristics and pathological features

From: Schistosomiasis and urinary bladder cancer in North Western Tanzania: a retrospective review of 185 patients

 

Type of cancer

 

OR

(95% CI)

P -value

 

Squamous

Non squamous

   

Age group

N (%)

N (%)

   

 Below 50 years

63 (81.8)

14 (18.1)

1.00

  

 Above 50 years

69 (63.8)

39 (36.1)

0.12

0.06–0.28

<0.001

Presence of Schistosoma eggs

   

 Yes

75 (90.3)

8 (9.6)

1.00

  

 No

27 (26.4)

75 (73.5)

0.03

0.01–0.11

<0.001

Muscle invasion

     

 Yes

76 (61.2)

48 (38.7)

1.00

  

 No

26 (42.6)

35 (57.3)

0.05

0.23–0.88

0.0167

Tumor differentiation

   

 Well differentiated

34 (73.9)

12 (26.0)

1.00

  

 Moderately differentiated

37 (57.8)

27 (42.1)

0.48

0.21–1.11

<0.001

 Poorly differentiated

31 (41.3)

44 (58.6)

0.24

0.11–0.58

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