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. 2013 Aug 7;13:377. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-377

Table 1.

Distribution of demographic and clinic characteristics by cancer type1

  Bladder
Breast
Colorectal
Endometrial/
Lung
Prostate
No cancer
Uterine
N=749
N=2,828
N=1,739
N=562
N=662
N=3,258
N=319,734
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Age
>75
486 (64.9) **
1,604 (56.7)**
1,140 (65.6)**
352 (62.6)**
338 (51.1)*
1,985 (60.9)**
147,523 (46.1)
Current smoker
Yes
114 (15.5)**
227 (8.1)**
128 (7.5)**
19 (3.4)**
121 (18.6)**
295 (9.2)**
35,612 (11.3)
Race
White
648 (88.6)
2,244 (81.6)
1,576 (79.9)
444 (81.6)
524 (81.5)
2,489 (78.7)
279,313 (85.5)
Non- white
83 (11.4)*
507 (18.4)**
338 (20.1)**
100 (18.4)*
119 (18.5)**
673 (21.3)**
45,395 (14.5)
Gender
Female
225 (30.0)
2,828 (100)
883 (50.8)
562 (100)
343 (51.8)
0 (0)
191,922 (60.0)
Male
524 (70.0)**
0 (0)
856 (49.2)**
0 (0)
319 (48.2)**
3,258 (100)
127,812 (40.0)
Marital status
Not married
275 (38.8)**
1,540 (57.2)**
743 (44.8)
297 (56.0)**
297 (47.2)
755 (24.5)**
132,154 (43.8)
Education
> High school
286 (38.8)**
1,053 (37.7)**
608 (35.6)*
214 (38.6)**
227 (35.1)
1,421 (44.4)**
102,928 (32.8)
High blood pressure
Yes
465 (62.8)
1,797 (64.6)**
1,087 (63.2)
359 (64.5)
388 (59.5)
1,891 (58.7)**
193,321 (61.1)
Stroke
Yes
87 (11.8)*
218 (7.8)*
193 (11.3)**
40 (7.2)
82 (12.6)**
345 (10.7)**
28,737 (9.1)
Cardio vascular disease
Yes
339 (45.6)**
833 (29.7)**
605 (35.2)
169 (30.2)
264 (40.4)**
1,136 (35.1)
107,374 (33.8)
Chronic lung disease
Yes
123 (16.9)*
392 (14.1)
228 (13.4)
59 (10.7)*
290 (44.8)**
446 (13.9)
44,038 (14.0)
Gastro intestinal problems
Yes
40 (5.5)
153 (5.6)
173 (10.4)**
39 (7.1)*
30 (4.7)
130 (4.1)*
15,847 (5.1)
Diabetes
Yes
162 (22.1)
567 (20.4)
394 (23.1)**
122 (22.1)
138 (21.1)
664 (20.6)
64,412 (20.4)
Difficulty
Yes
379 (50.9)**
1,334 (47.5)**
816 (47.6)*
306 (54.8)**
402 (61.4)**
1,415 (43.9)
142,992 (45.0)
Joint pain
Yes
377 (50.9)
1,603 (57.2)**
827 (48.1)**
319 (57.4)*
311 (47.4)*
1,498 (46.2)**
165,509 (52.1)
UI
Yes
280 (37.9)
1,296 (46.5)**
635 (37.1)
299 (53.9)**
241 (37.0)
1,416 (44.1)**
113,995 (36.2)
MCS
Mean (SD)
49.5 (10.9)**
51.1 (10.6)
50.1 (10.7)*
51.5 (10.7)**
46.3 (12.2)**
51.0 (10.6)
50.7 (10.8)
PCS
Mean (SD)
37.0 (11.6)**
37.3 (12.0)**
37.6 (11.8)**
36.4 (12.1)**
31.7 (11.4)**
39.4 (11.9)*
39.0 (12.2)
Time since cancer diagnosis
<2years
213 (28.4)
567 (20.0)
392 (22.5)
66 (11.7)
342 (51.7)
716 (22.0)
N/A
2-5years
172 (23.0)
614 (21.7)
403 (23.2)
62 (11.0)
110 (16.6)
811 (24.9)
N/A
≥5years 364 (48.6) 1,647 (58.2) 944 (54.3) 434 (77.2) 210 (31.7) 1,731 (53.1) N/A

1Two-tailed p-value for chi-squared test, comparing distribution of covariate of cancer group to no cancer group where applicable, or t-test for HRQoL scores.

* p <0.05.

** p <0.01.