Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristic
Sex, n (%)
Female	35 (43.8)
Male	45 (56.2)
Age, mean years ± SD (range)	67.5 ± 12.0 (29.1-88.3)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
Caucasian	73 (91.2)
African-American	6 (7.5)
Hispanic	1 (1.2)
Educational level, mean years ± SDa	12.8 ± 3.5
< High school, n (%)	15 (18.8)
High school graduate, n (%)	29 (36.2)
Some college or college graduate, n (%)	22 (27.5)
Post-graduate, n (%)	10 (12.5)
Stage of disease, n (%)b
Stage I	37 (46.2)
Stage II	24 (30.0)
Stage III	15 (18.8)
Stage IV	1 (1.2)
Permanent colostomy, n (%)	19 (23.8)

^aEducation unavailable on 4 patients

^bStage unavailable on 3 patients.