Table 1.
Characteristics of female breast cancer survivors and general population cohorts
Breast cancer survivors (n=19,709) |
General population (n=93,389) |
P for chi-square | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Race | <0.001 | ||||
White | 18,759 | 95.2 | 88,030 | 94.3 | |
Black or African American | 57 | 0.3 | 257 | 0.3 | |
Asian | 249 | 1.3 | 829 | 0.9 | |
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders | 74 | 0.4 | 192 | 0.2 | |
Native American | ~ | ~ | 502 | 0.5 | |
Multiple races | 539 | 2.7 | 1,961 | 2.1 | |
Unknown | ~ | ~ | 1,618 | 1.7 | |
Hispanic | <0.001 | ||||
No | 17,623 | 89.4 | 71,236 | 76.3 | |
Yes | 1,980 | 10.0 | 7,407 | 7.9 | |
Unknown | 106 | 0.5 | 14,746 | 15.8 | |
Age at cancer diagnosis or baseline | 0.014 | ||||
18 to 45 | 2,820 | 14.3 | 13,656 | 14.6 | |
45 to 54 | 4,475 | 22.7 | 21,652 | 23.2 | |
55 to 64 | 4,957 | 25.2 | 23,717 | 25.4 | |
65 to 74 | 4,221 | 21.4 | 19,911 | 21.3 | |
75 to 101 | 3,236 | 16.4 | 14,453 | 15.5 | |
Education | <0.001 | ||||
Some high school or less | 1,953 | 9.9 | 10,190 | 10.9 | |
High school degree | 4,549 | 23.1 | 24,715 | 26.5 | |
Some college | 4,239 | 21.5 | 22,992 | 24.6 | |
College degree or higher | 3,347 | 17.0 | 16,495 | 17.7 | |
Unknown | 5,621 | 28.5 | 18,997 | 20.3 | |
Baseline BMI a | <0.001 | ||||
<18.5 kg/m2 | 367 | 1.9 | 2,020 | 2.2 | |
18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2 | 8,811 | 44.7 | 42,607 | 45.6 | |
25 to 29.9 kg/m2 | 6,245 | 31.7 | 28,105 | 30.1 | |
30+ kg/m2 | 4,286 | 21.7 | 20,657 | 22.1 | |
Baseline Charlson Comorbidity Index | 0.085 | ||||
0 | 11,963 | 60.7 | 57,422 | 61.5 | |
1 | 4,179 | 21.2 | 19,224 | 20.6 | |
2+ | 3,567 | 18.1 | 16,743 | 17.9 | |
First degree family history of breast cancer | <0.001 | ||||
No | 16,786 | 85.2 | 83,753 | 89.7 | |
Yes | 2,923 | 14.8 | 9,636 | 10.3 |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index
Imputed BMI
Counts and percentage are suppressed if fewer than 11