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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 May 9;200(1):103–113. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-06953-9

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

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Imputed BMI

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