Table 1.
Group Differences in Background Characteristics (Baseline data)
| Breast Cancer Survivors |
Midlife Women |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | N (%) | N (%) | p |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Latina | 97 (99%) | 135 (98%) | 0.6434 |
| Latina | 1 (1%) | 3 (2%) | |
| Race | |||
| White/Caucasian | 84 (86%) | 78 (57%) | <.0001a |
| Other | 14 (14%) | 60 (43%) | |
| Marital | |||
| Married / living with partner | 74 (76%) | 73 (53%) | 0.0004 a |
| Single, widowed, other | 24 (24%) | 65 (47%) | |
| Employment | |||
| Full time | 62 (63%) | 90 (65%) | 0.9042 |
| Part time | 13 (13%) | 19 (14%) | |
| Not currently working | 23 (24%) | 29 (21%) | |
| Difficulty paying for basics | |||
| None | 80 (82%) | 91 (66%) | 0.0078 a |
| Some / a lot | 18 (18%) | 47 (34%) | |
| Smoker | |||
| Never | 70 (71%) | 81 (59%) | 0.0447 a |
| Ever (Former, current) | 28 (29%) | 57 (41%) | |
| Menopausal status | |||
| Early peri / late peri | 1 (1%) | 6 (5%) | 0.0961 |
| Early post | 9 (9%) | 21 (16%) | |
| Late post | 85 (90%) | 102 (79%) | |
| Type of non-cancer comorbid conditions | |||
| Arthritis | 28 (29%) | 43 (31%) | 0.6693 |
| Asthma | 8 (8%) | 15 (11%) | 0.4897 |
| Back pain | 20 (20%) | 36 (26%) | 0.3123 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 1.0000 |
| Diabetes | 4 (4%) | 12 (9%) | 0.1967 |
| Emphysema | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 1.0000 |
| Heart disease | 1 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 1.0000 |
| High blood pressure | 17 (17%) | 43 (31%) | 0.0163 a |
| Kidney disease | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | n/a |
| Liver disease | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.4153 |
| Ulcer or stomach disease | 1 (1%) | 4 (3%) | 0.4056 |
| Other | 26 (27%) | 34 (25%) | 0.7421 |
| Use of SERM/AI or Tamoxifen | |||
| Currently | 58 (59%) | 1 (1%) | <.0001 a |
| Not Currently | 40 (41%) | 137 (99%) | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | p | |
| Age | 52.94 (7.98) | 52.36 (5.17) | 0.5260 |
| Body mass index | 28.84 (6.04) | 30.17 (8.01) | 0.1490 |
| Number of comorbid conditions including cancer | 2.11 (1.05) | 1.46 (1.35) | < .0001 a |
a
Significant at p<0.05.