Table 1.

Participant characteristics by category of social connectedness

	Category of Overall Social Connectedness1
N	Low (5–12) 620	Low- Medium (13–15) 1171	Medium (16–18) 1377	Medium- High (19–20) 709	High (21–26) 467
Characteristic2	-Mean (SD) or %-3
Age, y	59 (9)	58 (10)	59 (10)	59 (10)	59 (9)
Time since diagnosis, y	6 (3)	6 (3)	6 (3)	6 (1)	6 (3)
BMI at social support assessment, kg/m2	25.4 (4.8)	25.7 (5.1)	25.5 (4.7)	25.95 (4.7)	25.7 (4.5)
Education
Less than high school	8	9	8	8	7
High School	43	42	44	45	40
Some college	23	23	23	24	27
College graduate	25	27	24	23	25
Smoker	26	20	16	12	8
Marital Status
Yes	62	70	70	71	70
No	38	30	29	28	28
Parity
Nulliparous	19	15	10	9	6
1 to 2	42	42	37	32	29
3 to 5	36	38	48	49	52
≥6	3	4	5	9	12
Post-menopausal	75	69	73	73	76
Localized disease	63	65	66	66	65
Treatment
Radiation	49	50	52	49	48
Chemotherapy	31	34	32	31	37
Tamoxifen	55	57	61	59	60

¹Summary score estimating relative frequency of contact with confidants, frequency of attending religious services, frequency of attending community group(s), and number of children, relatives, and friends seen at least once per month[35]

²Characteristics assessed at breast cancer diagnosis unless otherwise noted.

³Percents don’t sum to 100% due to missing values.