Table 1.
Patient demographic and medical characteristics by chemotherapy status.
Total (n=93) | Chemo (n=49) | No chemo (n=44) | |||||
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% | n | % | n | % | n | p-value | |
Age at Baseline, mean (SD) | 51.3 (7.8) | 49.9 (8.5) | 52.8 (6.7) | 0.0685 | |||
Months from diagnosis to T1, mean (SD) | 7.0 (2.8) | 8.7 (2.4) | 5.0 (1.6) | <0.0001 | |||
Race | |||||||
White | 85% | 79 | 84% | 41 | 86% | 38 | 0.7172 |
Marital status | |||||||
Married | 71% | 65 | 77% | 37 | 64% | 28 | 0.1571 |
Education | |||||||
Post college | 49% | 46 | 49% | 24 | 50% | 22 | 0.9471 |
College | 33% | 31 | 35% | 17 | 32% | 14 | |
Post HS | 17% | 16 | 16% | 8 | 18% | 8 | |
WTAR, mean (SD) | 113.8 (9.2) | 113.8 (9.0) | 113.9 (9.5) | 0.9710 | |||
Employment | |||||||
Full or part-time | 61% | 56 | 54% | 26 | 68% | 30 | 0.1688 |
Household Income | |||||||
>$100K | 70% | 62 | 60% | 28 | 81% | 34 | 0.0285 |
BMI, mean (SD) | 24.7 (4.5) | 24.3 (4.6) | 25.1 (4.4) | 0.3922 | |||
Stage at Diagnosis | |||||||
0 | 17% | 16 | 0% | 0 | 37% | 16 | <0.0001 |
1 | 45% | 41 | 35% | 17 | 56% | 24 | |
2 | 34% | 57% | 28 | 7% | 3 | ||
3 | 4% | 8% | 4 | 0% | 0 | ||
Surgery | |||||||
Mastectomy | 28% | 26 | 33% | 16 | 23% | 10 | 0.2869 |
Lumpectomy | 72% | 67 | 67% | 33 | 77% | 34 | |
Radiation | |||||||
Yes | 76% | 71 | 80% | 39 | 73% | 32 | 0.4367 |
Hormone Replacement | |||||||
Therapy | |||||||
Yes | 27% | 24 | 21% | 10 | 33% | 14 | 0.1810 |
Change in period | |||||||
Post-menopausal | 48% | 45 | 45% | 22 | 52% | 23 | <0.0001 |
No change | 18% | 17 | 4% | 2 | 34% | 15 | |
Became irregular | 5% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 11% | 5 | |
Stop but resumed | 3% | 3 | 4% | 2 | 2% | 1 | |
Amenorrhea | 25% | 23 | 47% | 23 | 0% | 0 | |
Chemotherapy regimen: | |||||||
Anthracycline | |||||||
Yes | ---- | ---- | 29% | 14 | ---- | ---- | ---- |
Targeted Endocrine | |||||||
Therapy at 6-month | |||||||
Yes | 72% | 67 | 78% | 38 | 66% | 29 | 0.2117 |
If Yes, type: | |||||||
Tamoxifen | 54% | 36 | 45% | 17 | 66% | 19 | 0.0910 |
Aromatase Inhibitor | 46% | 31 | 55% | 21 | 34% | 10 |
WTAR= Wechsler Test of Adult Reading; BMI=Body Mass Index