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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Jan 18;119(7):1437–1445. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27874

Table 1.

Patient Baseline Demographics

Control
Arm A
Physician
Summary
Arm B
No Physician
Summary
Arm C
P-value
Number 230 198 201
Age (mean, SD) 58.8 (11.3) 59.7 (11.1) 60.0 (12.0) NS
Sex/gender NS
  Male 119 (52%) 106 (54%) 94 (47%)
  Female 111 (48%) 90 (46%) 104 (53%)
Race NS
  Black 13 (6%) 6 (3%) 13 (6%)
  White 212 (92%) 186 (94%) 181 (90%)
  Other 5 (2%) 6 (3%) 7 (3%)
Education NS
  High School 69 (30%) 67 (34%) 49 (24%)
  Some College 68 (30%) 58 (29%) 58 (29%)
  College 92 (40%) 73 (37%) 94 (47%)
Married/Partnered 185 (80%) 160 (81%) 148 (74%) NS
High Physical Function
(SF-12 physical
function >50)
104 (45%) 85 (43%) 86 (43%) NS
Diagnosis NS
  Breast 21 (9%) 24 (12%) 21 (11%)
  Colorectal 42 (18%) 33 (17%) 27 (13%)
  Esophagus/Stomach 11 (5%) 8 (4%) 10 (5%)
  Lung 43 (19%) 35 (18%) 31 (15%)
  Pancreas 15 (7%) 12 (6%) 14 (7%)
  Prostate 11 (5%) 15 (8%) 16 (8%)
  Renal 17 (7%) 9 (5%) 12 (6%)
  Other 70 (30%) 62 (31%) 70 (35%)

Includes only patients who completed a follow-up survey; partner status data missing, n=1; physical function data missing, n=1; NS = p value > 0.10