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Table 2 Patient’s sex concerning demographic characteristics and pathological features

From: The trend of schistosomiasis related bladder cancer in the lake zone, Tanzania: a retrospective review over 10 years period

 

Sex

p value at 95% CI

Male

Female

N (%)

N (%)

Age group

   

Below 50 years

77 (47.2)

86 (52.8)

0.092

Above 50 years

176 (55.3)

142 (44.7)

 

Histological type

   

Squamous cell carcinoma

122 (44.5)

152 (55.5)

 < 0.001

Transitional cell carcinoma

117 (64.6)

64 (35.4)

 

Adenocarcinoma

14 (53.8)

12 (46.1)

 

Presence of Schistosoma eggs

   

Yes

62 (51.2)

59 (48.8)

0.729

No

191 (53.1)

169 (46.9)

 

Muscle invasion

   

Yes

31 (56.4)

24 (43.6)

0.552

No

222 (52.1)

204 (47.9)

 

Tumour differentiation

   

Well-differentiated

60 (42.6)

81 (57.4)

0.003

Moderately differentiated

51 (51)

49 (49)

 

Poorly differentiated

12 (41.4)

17 (58.6)

 

No differentiation

130 (61.6)

81 (38.4)