Table 1.
Sample characteristics (N = 62).
| Demographic characteristics |
% |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age, years |
43–81, mean 65, standard deviation 8 |
|
| Gender |
Female |
48 |
| Marital status |
Married |
69 |
| Education |
More than high school |
47 |
| Employment status |
Employed | 34 |
| Not currently working | 39 | |
| Other |
27 |
|
| Race |
White non-Hispanic | 85 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 12 | |
| Hispanic |
3 |
|
| Body mass index | 20 to 45, mean 27, SD 6 | |
| 20 to <25 (normal range) | 48% | |
| 25 to <30 (overweight) | 30% | |
| 30 to 45 (obesity) | 22% | |
| Clinical characteristics |
% |
|
|---|---|---|
| Recurrence of disease |
Yes |
23 |
| Previous chemotherapy |
Yes |
39 |
| Pre-concurrent chemoradiation therapy staging |
I-II | 19 |
| III | 74 | |
| IV |
7 |
|
| Radiation technique | 3-dimensional conformational radiation therapy (3D-CRT) | 38 |
| intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) | 62 | |