TableA1.

Characteristics of High and Low Social Attachment Groups

Characteristic	Low Social Attachment (< 15)*				High Social Attachment (≥15)*				P
	No.	%	Mean	SD	No.	%	Mean	SD
Race									.27
American Indian/Alaska Native	2	2.74			0	0.00
Asian	0	0.00			1	1.05
Black	1	1.37			3	3.16
Pacific Islander	0	0.00			0	0.00
White	70	95.89			91	95.79
Ethnicity									.62
Non-Hispanic	69	94.52			88	92.63
Hispanic	4	5.48			7	7.37
Education									.87
High school or less	29	40.28			36	38.30
Some college or trade school	23	31.94			34	36.17
College degree	15	20.83			15	15.96
Advanced degree	5	6.94			9	9.57
Relationship status									.12
Separated/divorced, widowed	19	26.03			21	22.10
Single	11	15.07			6	6.32
Married/living with partner	43	58.90			68	71.58
Stage									.12
I	15	20.55			21	22.58
II	3	4.11			9	9.68
III	44	60.27			58	62.37
IV	11	15.07			5	5.38
Grade									.11
Low	7	9.59			17	18.09
High	66	90.41			77	81.91
Histology									.56
Nonserous	20	27.40			22	23.40
Serous	53	72.60			72	76.60
Residual disease, cm									.27
Optimal (< 1)	16	78.08			28	70.53
Suboptimal (≥ 1)	57	21.92			67	29.47
Smoker									.65
Never	46	63.0			65	68.42
Ever	27	37.0			30	31.58
BMI category at diagnosis									.72
Underweight	3	4.11			6	6.32
Normal	16	21.92			19	20.00
Overweight	25	34.25			40	42.11
Obese	25	34.25			21	28.42
Morbidly obese	4	5.48			3	3.16
Social attachment									< .001
Median	13.00				16.00
Interquartile range	12-14				16-16
Instrumental social support									< .001
Median	13.00				16.00
Interquartile range	12-14				16-16
Age, years			62.7	13.3			56.9	11.6	.003
No. of chemotherapy cycles			5.42	3.07			5.48	2.13	.89

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.

^*Patients with high social attachment had scores ≥ 15 on the Social Provisions Scale attachment subscale; patients with low social attachment had scores < 15 on the Social Provisions Scale attachment subscale.