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Table 1 Patients’ background and tumour characteristics

From: Comparison between 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic diagnosis and narrow-band imaging for bladder cancer detection

Enrolled patients

Total (n = 114)

Age, years (median)

76 (IQR: 60–81)

Gender

 Female, n(%)

35 (30.7%)

 Male, n(%)

79 (69.3%)

 Body weight, kg, median(IQR)

53 (45.3–62.8)

 Operation time, min, median (IQR)

60 (38–79)

Preoperative cytology

 Positive, n(%)

25 (21.9%)

 Negative, n(%)

85 (74.6%)

 N/A, n(%)

4 (3.5%)

Anesthetic method

 General, n(%)

47(41.2%)

 Lumbar, n(%)

67 (58.8%)

 5-ALA exposure time, min, median(IQR)

177(157.5–207)

 Number of lesions

282

 Protruded papillary, n(%)

189 (67.0%)

 Protruded non-papillary, n(%)

17 (6.0%)

 Flat lesions, n(%)

76 (27.0%)

 Number of tumors per person, median(IQR)

2 (2–3)

  1. 5-ALA: 5-aminolevulinic acid, IQR: interquartile range