Table 4.
Characteristics of cluster membership for individuals with 2 or more diseases
| Cancer Unmatched Cluster 1 n (%) | Cancer Unmatched Cluster 2 n (%) |
Cancer Unmatched Cluster 3 n (%) |
Control Unmatched Cluster n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension, High Cholesterol, Diabetes | Stroke, Arthritis | High Cholesterol, Ulcer | Hypertension, High Cholesterol, Arthritis, Asthma, Diabetes, Ulcer | |
| Age Group | n = 706 | n = 462 | n = 510 | n = 6706 |
| 50–64 | 164 (23.2) | 100 (21.6) | 120 (23.5) | 2887 (43.1) |
| 65–74 | 269 (38.1) | 165 (35.7) | 193 (37.8) | 2254 (33.6) |
| 75–84 | 190 (26.9) | 126 (27.3) | 135 (26.5) | 1139 (17.0) |
| 85 + | 83 (11.8) | 71 (15.4) | 62 (12.2) | 426 (6.35) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 274 (38.8) | 170 (36.8) | 200 (39.2) | 3018 (45.0) |
| Female | 432 (61.2) | 292 (63.2) | 310 (60.8) | 3688 (55.0) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 523 (74.1) | 362 (78.4) | 385 (75.5) | 4804 (71.6) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 108 (15.3) | 49 (10.6) | 74 (14.5) | 845 (12.6) |
| Hispanic | 35 (4.96) | 18 (3.90) | 21 (4.12) | 452 (6.74) |
| People from additional racial and ethnic minorities group | 40 (5.67) | 33 (7.14) | 30 (5.88) | 605 (9.02) |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 294 (41.6) | 189 (40.9) | 211 (41.4) | 2990 (44.7) |
| Widowed/Divorced/ Separated | 354 (50.1) | 241 (52.2) | 257 (50.4) | 2856 (42.7) |
| Never married/Unmarried couple | 58 (8.22) | 32 (6.93) | 42 (8.24) | 848 (12.7) |
| Highest Education | ||||
| < High school | 86 (12.3) | 61 (13.3) | 64 (12.6) | 1013 (15.2) |
| High school graduate | 195 (27.8) | 121 (26.4) | 137 (27.0) | 1931 (28.9) |
| Some college | 211 (30.1) | 147 (32.0) | 164 (32.4) | 1958 (29.4) |
| ≥ College graduate | 209 (29.8) | 130 (28.3) | 142 (28.0) | 1770 (26.5) |
| Family Income | ||||
| < $35,000 | 277 (39.2) | 195 (42.2) | 194 (38.0) | 2742 (40.9) |
| $35,000–$49,999 | 90 (12.8) | 51 (11.0) | 74 (14.5) | 873 (13.0) |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 146 (20.7) | 97 (21.0) | 111 (21.8) | 1143 (17.0) |
| $75,000–$99,999 | 75 (10.6) | 48 (10.4) | 50 (9.80) | 654 (9.75) |
| $100,000 + | 118 (16.7) | 71 (15.4) | 81 (15.9) | 1294 (19.3) |
| Self-Rated Health | ||||
| Excellent/Very good | 277 (39.3) | 152 (32.9) | 195 (38.3) | 2538 (37.9) |
| Good | 238 (33.8) | 168 (36.4) | 168 (33.0) | 2379 (35.5) |
| Fair/Poor | 190 (27.0) | 142 (30.7) | 146 (28.7) | 1786 (26.6) |
| Smoking Status | ||||
| Never smoker | 373 (52.9) | 237 (51.4) | 256 (50.3) | 3365 (50.4) |
| Current smoker | 60 (8.51) | 48 (10.4) | 51 (10.0) | 969 (14.5) |
| Former smoker | 272 (38.6) | 176 (38.2) | 202 (39.7) | 2349 (35.1) |
| Alcohol Use | ||||
| Never drinker | 148 (21.2) | 96 (21.0) | 97 (19.2) | 1262 (19.1) |
| Former drinker | 169 (24.2) | 109 (23.9) | 128 (25.4) | 1599 (24.2) |
| Current drinker—infrequent/light | 266 (38.0) | 180 (39.4) | 190 (37.6) | 2508 (38.0) |
| Current drinker—moderate/heavy | 116 (16.6) | 72 (15.7) | 90 (17.8) | 1234 (18.7) |
| Physical Activity | ||||
| No activity | 278 (40.3) | 198 (44.1) | 196 (39.5) | 2458 (37.7) |
| Some activity | 158 (22.9) | 105 (23.4) | 112 (22.6) | 1594 (24.5) |
| Meets/exceeds | 254 (36.8) | 146 (32.5) | 188 (37.9) | 2464 (37.8) |
| Obesity | ||||
| BMI (≥ 30 kg/m2) | 233 (33.8) | 160 (35.1) | 167 (33.4) | 2597 (40.1) |
| Multimorbidity Count | ||||
| 2–3 | 264 (37.4) | 123 (26.6) | 140 (27.5) | 4162 (62.1) |
| 4–5 | 283 (40.1) | 200 (43.3) | 230 (45.1) | 1807 (26.9) |
| 6 + | 159 (22.5) | 139 (30.1) | 140 (27.4) | 737 (11.0) |
| Cancer Type | ||||
| Prostate | 222 (31.4) | 138 (29.9) | 161 (31.6) | |
| Breast | 337 (47.7) | 215 (46.5) | 234 (45.9) | |
| Colon/rectal | 77 (10.9) | 57 (12.3) | 55 (10.8) | |
| Lung | 37 (5.24) | 21 (4.55) | 33 (6.47) | |
| Cervical | 33 (4.67) | 31 (6.71) | 27 (5.29) | |
| Time Since Diagnosis | ||||
| Immediate (< 2 years) | 91 (12.9) | 58 (12.5) | 69 (13.5) | |
| Short-term (2–5 years) | 173 (24.5) | 96 (20.8) | 122 (23.9) | |
| Long-term (> 5 years) | 442 (62.6) | 308 (66.7) | 319 (62.6) | |
| Age at Diagnosis | ||||
| < 50 | 114 (16.1) | 86 (18.6) | 86 (16.9) | |
| 50–64 | 321 (45.5) | 185 (40.0) | 237 (46.5) | |
| 65–74 | 189 (26.8) | 136 (29.4) | 138 (27.1) | |
| 75–84 | 69 (9.77) | 43 (9.31) | 38 (7.45) | |
| 85 + | 13 (1.84) | 12 (2.60) | 11 (2.16) | |