Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline

	Sample GI cancer		Sample breast cancer
Demographic characteristic	N	%	N	%	p
Gender					N/A
Female	37	33	65	100
Male	76	68	–	–
Race					0.85
White, Caucasian	90	80	51	79
Non-white/other	23	20	14	22
Education					0.20
<12 (less than high school)	10	9	5	8
12<16 (high school, some college or 2-year degree)	56	50	28	43
≥16 (bachelor’s degree or higher)	46	41	33	51
Marital Status					0.18
Married or partnered	88	78	44	68
Unmarried or unpartnered	25	22	20	31
Prefer not to say	0	0	1	2
Disease State					0.18
Non-metastatic or recurrent	34	30	26	40
Metastatic or recurrent	79	70	39	60
GI Tumor Location
Colon or rectum	56	50
Esophageal	18	16
Pancreas	18	16
Stomach	3	3
Liver	3	3
Anus	1	1
Small intestine	2	2
Other	2	2
Unknown primary	2	2
Missing	8	7
	Mean (SD)		Mean (SD)
Age	57.77 (11.02)		54.65 (11.95)		0.09
Time since diagnosis (in months)	20.50 (27.47)		54.55 (74.43)		0.001

Due to rounding up, percentages may add up to more than 100.