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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Altern Ther Health Med. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):22–27.

Table 1.

Study participants characteristics

Study 1 Study 2 Study 3
N=300 N=12 N=92
Median age, years (min-max) 61(33–84) 59 (52–70) 66 (38–85)

Sex, Female, no.(%) 300 (100%) 12 (100%) 35 (38%)

Race, no. (%)
   White 253 (84.3%) 10 (83.3%) 65 (70.7%)
   Non-white* 47 (15.7%) 2 (16.7%) 27 (29.3%)

Employment, no.(%)
   Full-time 114 (38.5%) 5 (41.7%) 32 (35.2%)
   Part-time 40 (13.5%) 2 (16.7%) 8 (8.8%)
   Not currently employed 142 (48.0%) 5 (41.7%) 51 (56.0%)

Education
   High school or less 122 (40.8%) 2 (16.7%) 23 (25.3%)
   College 76 (25.4%) 3 (25.0%) 44 (48.0%)
   Graduate or professional school 101 (33.8%) 7 (58.3%) 24 (26.7%)

Tumor types:**
   Breast 300 (100%) 12 (100%) 27 (29.4%)
   Prostate 44 (47.8%)
   Others 21 (22.8%)

Not all cells add up the total N due to missing data

*

Non-white: mostly African American

**

Other tumors included 9 Head & Neck, 9 Gastrointestinal, and 3 lung