Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of cases and controls
From: Tobacco smoking, body mass index, hypertension, and kidney cancer risk in central and eastern Europe
 | Men | Women | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | ||||
Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Country | ||||||||
 Romania | 63 | 9.7 | 109 | 11.4 | 32 | 7.1 | 51 | 9.7 |
 Poland | 56 | 8.6 | 112 | 11.8 | 43 | 6.6 | 86 | 16.4 |
 Russia | 163 | 25.4 | 305 | 32.0 | 154 | 34.3 | 158 | 30.2 |
 Czech Republic | 366 | 56.4 | 426 | 44.8 | 220 | 49.0 | 229 | 43.7 |
 Total | 648 | 100 | 952 | 100 | 449 | 100 | 524 | 100 |
 Age (years) | ||||||||
 <40 | 25 | 4.1 | 25 | 2.6 | 14 | 3.1 | 18 | 3.4 |
 40–49 | 91 | 14.0 | 152 | 16.0 | 53 | 11.8 | 60 | 11.5 |
 50–59 | 227 | 35.0 | 320 | 33.6 | 122 | 27.2 | 153 | 29.2 |
 60–69 | 187 | 28.9 | 289 | 30.4 | 150 | 33.5 | 170 | 32.4 |
 >70 | 118 | 18.0 | 166 | 17.4 | 110 | 24.4 | 123 | 23.5 |
Tumour stage | ||||||||
 T-stage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
T1 | 117 | 18.8 | Â | Â | 90 | 20.5 | Â | Â |
T2 | 275 | 44.1 | Â | Â | 209 | 47.5 | Â | Â |
T3 | 210 | 33.6 | Â | Â | 126 | 28.6 | Â | Â |
T4 | 22 | 3.5 | Â | Â | 15 | 3.4 | Â | Â |
 M-stage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
M0 | 486 | 90.8 | Â | Â | 363 | 93.1 | Â | Â |
M1 | 49 | 9.2 | Â | Â | 27 | 6.9 | Â | Â |
 N-stage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
N0 | 505 | 89.7 | Â | Â | 371 | 91.2 | Â | Â |
N1 | 31 | 5.5 | Â | Â | 24 | 5.9 | Â | Â |
N2 | 24 | 4.3 | Â | Â | 10 | 2.4 | Â | Â |
N3 | 3 | 0.5 | Â | Â | 2 | 0.5 | Â | Â |
Histology | ||||||||
 (Clear cell) Renal cell carcinoma | 538 | 83.0 |  |  | 370 | 82.4 |  |  |
 Papillary renal cell carcinoma | 51 | 7.9 |  |  | 20 | 4.5 |  |  |
 Other | 59 | 9.1 |  |  | 59 | 13.1 |  |  |