Table 1.
Summary statistics of the demographic and select clinical characteristics of the consenting patients.
| Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (Mean 57.6, SD 12.2) | |
| ≤30 | 13 (1.5) |
| 31–40 | 52 (6.0) |
| 41–50 | 175 (20.2) |
| 51–60 | 276 (31.9) |
| 61–70 | 221 (25.5) |
| 71–80 | 105 (12.1) |
| 81–90 | 22 (2.5) |
| >90 | 2 (0.2) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 261 (30.1) |
| Female | 605 (69.9) |
| Race1 | |
| American Indian, Alaskan | 2 (0.2) |
| Asian | 5 (0.6) |
| African American | 101 (11.7) |
| Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders | 20 (2.3) |
| White | 738 (85.2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic or Lation | 15 (1.73) |
| Non-Hispanic or Latino | 851 (98.27) |
| Marital Status | |
| Married | 566 (65.4) |
| Separated | 13 (1.5) |
| Divorced | 126 (14.6) |
| Widowed | 76 (8.8) |
| Never Married | 85 (9.8) |
| Education | |
| Some High School | 61 (7.1) |
| Completed High School | 248 (28.7) |
| Some College | 232 (26.8) |
| Completed College | 196 (22.7) |
| Completed Graduate School | 128 (14.8) |
| Work Status | |
| Full-time | 214 (24.8) |
| Part-time | 82 (9.5) |
| Self-employed | 16 (1.9) |
| Not employed | 98 (11.3) |
| Retired | 281 (35.5) |
| Disabled | 137 (15.9) |
| Homemaker | 36 (4.2) |
| Cancer Site | |
| Breast | 290 (33.5) |
| Colon | 90 (10.4) |
| Lung (Non-small cell) | 142 (16.4) |
| Lung (Small cell) | 41 (4.7) |
| Prostate | 27 (3.1) |
| Kidney | 10 (1.2) |
| Ovarian | 47 (5.4) |
| Pancreas | 26 (3) |
| Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 43 (5) |
| Endometrial | 6 (0.7) |
| Other | 144 (16.6) |
| Metastatic cancer | |
| Yes | 474 (54.7) |
| No | 392 (45.3) |
1
Minorities comprise of all races except white