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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2012 May 15;21(1):43–51. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1490-z

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical characteristics of participants (N=413)

N (%) Clinical
Insomnia
No Clinical
Insomnia
P-value
N % N %
Total 413 82 18.26 367 81.74
Age, years
    <55 91 (22.03) 22 24.18 69 75.82 0.083
    55–65 196 (47.46) 39 19.90 157 80.10
    >65 126 (30.51) 16 12.70 110 87.30
Race/ethnicity
    White 341 (82.57) 62 18.18 279 81.82 0.600
    Non-white* 72 (17.43) 15 20.83 57 79.17
Educational Level
   High school or less 86 (20.82) 16 18.60 70 81.40 0.031
   College 181 (43.83) 43 23.76 138 76.24
   Graduate or professional school 146 (35.35) 18 12.33 128 87.67
Employment
   Full-time 164 (40.00) 27 16.46 137 83.54 0.677
   Part-time 61 (14.88) 12 19.67 49 80.33
   Not currently 185 (45.12) 37 20.00 148 80.00
Stage
   I 167 (40.44) 34 20.36 133 79.64 0.534
   II 195 (47.22) 32 16.41 163 83.59
   III 51 (12.35) 11 21.57 40 78.43
Chemotherapy
   None 158 (38.26) 32 20.25 126 79.75 0.794
   Chemotherapy, but no Taxane 105 (25.42) 19 18.1 86 81.90
   Chemotherapy included Taxane 150 (36.32) 26 17.33 124 82.67
Radiation therapy
  None 125 (30.27) 20 16 105 84.00 0.363
  Yes 288 (69.73) 57 19.79 231 80.21
Prior tamoxifen
   None 273 (66.10 53 19.41 220 80.59 0.575
   Yes 140 (33.90) 24 17.14 116 82.86
Hormon therapy (current)
   Letrozole (Femara) 86 (20.82) 12 13.95 74 86.05 0.251
   Anastrozole (Arimidex) 278 (67.31) 58 20.86 220 79.14
   Exemestane (Aromasin) 49 (11.86) 7 14.29 42 85.71
Time Since Breast Cancer Diagnosis
   <2 yrs 132 (31.96) 18 13.64 114 86.36 0.059
   2–5 132 (31.96) 33 25 99 75.00
   5–10 yrs 102 (24.70) 15 14.71 87 85.29
   >=10 yrs 47 (11.38) 11 23.40 36 76.60
Duration of AIs
   <1 yr 130 (31.48) 22 16.92 108 83.08 0.662
   1–3 yrs 140 (33.90) 25 17.86 115 82.14
   >3 yrs 143 (34.62) 30 20.98 113 79.02
*

Non-white: mostly black