|  | Discovery cohort (RNA-seq) | Validation cohort (qPCR) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | Category | Number [n] | Percentage [%] | Number [n] | Percentage [%] |
gender | male | 36 | 77 | 36 | 67 |
 | female | 11 | 23 | 18 | 33 |
age (years) | median (range) | 64 (40–80) | 65 (40–80) | ||
obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | yes | 12 | 26 | 16 | 30 |
no | 35 | 74 | 38 | 70 | |
hypertension | yes | 30 | 64 | 33 | 61 |
no | 14 | 30 | 17 | 31 | |
tumor stage | pT1 | 32 | 68 | 38 | 70 |
 | pT2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
 | pT3 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 17 |
 | pT4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Lymph node stage | c/pN0 | 23 | 49 | 28 | 52 |
 | c/pN1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
 | c/pNx | 22 | 47 | 24 | 44 |
Metastasis stage | c/pM0 | 21 | 45 | 27 | 50 |
 | c/pM1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
 | c/pMx | 24 | 51 | 25 | 46 |
tumor grade | G1 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 19 |
 | G2 | 32 | 68 | 33 | 61 |
 | G3 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 17 |
 | G4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
urine volume (ml) | median (range) | 60 (20–110) | 59 (20–110) | ||
RNA yield (ng) | median (range) | 29 (7-304) | 32 (7-2196) |