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. 2012 Mar 14;2012:913848. doi: 10.1155/2012/913848

Table 2.

Three-month baseline demographics and comorbidities of CAPN cases and non-CAPN controls.

(A) Main Sample: no diabetes (B) Diabetes Sample
Cases Controls P-value Cases Controls P-valuea

No. % No. % No. % No. %
N 454 454 71 71
Demographics
Age (mean, SD) 53.9 7.5 53.7 9.3 0.0006 58.5 5.0 57.9 8.3 0.5044
Gender (n, % male) 69 15% 69 15% 1.0000 13 18% 13 18% 1.0000
Employment Status (n, % employed) 75 17% 75 17% 1.0000 3 4% 3 4% 1.0000
Months followup (mean) 11.1 2.2 11.3 1.7
 12-month followup 366 81% 56 79%
Time to CAPN (mean days, SD) 147.5 82.9 137.2 85.7
 1–3 months 125 27% 22 31%
 3–6 months 149 33% 26 37%
 6–9 months 179 39% 23 33%

Cancer type
Nonsmall cell lung 82 18% 82 18% 1.000 18 25% 18 25% 1.000
Breast 316 70% 316 70% 1.000 42 59% 42 59% 1.000
Ovarian 28 6% 28 6% 1.000 7 10% 7 10% 1.000
Head and neck 27 6% 27 6% 1.000 4 6% 4 6% 1.000

Metastatic cancer 168 37% 164 36% 0.7883 33 46% 20 28% 0.0374

Comorbidities
Depressive disorders 23 5% 31 7% 0.2673 2 3% 3 4% 0.6547
Congestive heart failure 20 4% 10 2% 0.0412 7 10% 8 11% 0.7963
Fibromyalgia 7 2% 7 2% 1.0000 4 6% 1 1% 0.1797
Obesity 8 2% 2 0% 0.0578 2 3% 0 0% 0.0578
Hypertension—uncomplicated 76 17% 52 11% 0.0164 22 31% 24 34% 0.7316
Hypertension—complicated 4 1% 13 3% 0.0290 4 6% 0 0% 0.0290
Other cancers 83 18% 74 16% 0.4352 17 24% 21 30% 0.4497
Charlson Comorbidity Index 4.4 4.3 0.4913 6.0 4.5 0.0043

CAPN indicates chemotherapy-associated peripheral neuropathy; SD, standard deviation.

a P-values are determined using McNemar tests for proportions and paired t-tests for continuous measures.