Case-Control Studies Humans *Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Promoter Regions Genetic Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/*genetics Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/*genetics Bladder cancer Meta-analysis Polymorphism Vascular endothelial growth factor competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

*DNA Methylation Disease Progression Female Genes APC/*physiology Humans Male *Promoter Regions Genetic *Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/genetics/pathology/urine

Age Factors Biomarkers Tumor DNA Methylation/genetics Humans Neoplasm Staging Promoter Regions Genetic Proportional Hazards Models Sex Factors Survival Analysis Tumor Suppressor Proteins/*genetics Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/*genetics/*pathology

Biomarkers Tumor Case-Control Studies *DNA Methylation Death-Associated Protein Kinases/*genetics *Genetic Association Studies *Genetic Predisposition to Disease Humans Neoplasm Grading Neoplasm Staging Odds Ratio *Promoter Regions Genetic Publication Bias Risk Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/*epidemiology/*genetics/pathology