Table 2.
Health related Quality of Life (HRQOL), physical activity, and body mass index by race/ethnicity among breast cancer survivors.
| Asian American | African American | Hispanic | White | P value† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | 25%, 75% | Median | 25%, 75% | Median | 25%, 75% | Median | 25%, 75% | ||
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| Overall HRQOL | 80.8 | (67, 89) | 78.8 | (61, 88) | 75.8 | (63, 88) | 79.8 | (66, 89) | 0.128 |
| Physical Health Composite | 81.3 | (70, 90) | 74.4 | (50, 90) | 77.4 | (54, 88) | 81.3 | (61, 91) | 0.013 |
| Physical function | 90.0 | (80, 100) | 85.0 | (65, 95) | 85.0 | (75, 95) | 90.0 | (80, 95) | 0.001 |
| Physical role functioning | 100.0 | (50, 100) | 75.0 | (50, 100) | 75.0 | (25, 100) | 100.0 | (50, 100) | 0.108 |
| Pain | 87.5 | (75, 88) | 87.5 | (56, 88) | 75.0 | (63, 100) | 87.5 | (63, 88) | 0.523 |
| General health | 72.5 | (60, 85) | 70.0 | (60, 80) | 70.0 | (55, 85) | 75.0 | (60, 85) | 0.061 |
| Mental Health Composite | 81.6 | (66, 91) | 80.8 | (65, 90) | 77.7 | (62, 88) | 81.3 | (68, 89) | 0.341 |
| Vitality | 65.0 | (50, 75) | 60.0 | (45, 75) | 60.0 | (40, 80) | 60.0 | (45, 75) | 0.163 |
| Emotional role functioning | 100.0 | (67, 100) | 100.0 | (67, 100) | 100.0 | (67, 100) | 100.0 | (67, 100) | 0.377 |
| Social function | 100.0 | (75, 100) | 100.0 | (75, 700) | 100.0 | (75, 100) | 100.0 | (75, 100) | 0.270 |
| Mental health | 80.0 | (72, 88) | 82.0 | (68, 88) | 76.0 | (64, 88) | 80.0 | (68, 88) | 0.514 |
| BMI | 24.4 | (22, 28) | 29.3 | (26, 34) | 26.9 | (24, 31) | 25.7 | (23, 30) | <0.001 |
| METMIN | 582.5 | (225, 1200) | 225.0 | (30, 900) | 375.0 | (38, 983) | 607.5 | (225, 1320) | <0.001 |
BMI: body mass index; METMIN: metabolic equivalent minutes per week
HRQOL numbers represent subscale scores (from 0 to 100) on the RAND 36-Item Health Survey.
†
p value based on a non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test