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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2009 May 6;18(2):179–187. doi: 10.1007/s00520-009-0642-2

Table 1.

Demographics

Placebo (n=69) 750mg (n=70) 1,000mg (n=72) 2,000mg (n=71) Total (n=282)
Age
        n 69 70 72 71 282
    Mean (SD) 62 (13) 58 (11) 60 (12) 62 (11) 60 (12)
Race
    White 66 (96%) 64 (91%) 70 (97%) 67 (94%) 267 (95%)
    Black or African American 2 (3%) 3 (4%) 0 (0%) 3 (4%) 8 (3%)
    Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
    Asian 0 (0%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 3 (1%)
    American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (1%)
Gender
    Female 45 (65%) 46 (66%) 47 (65%) 48 (68%) 186 (66%)
Disease stage
    I/II 22 (32%) 21 (30%) 24 (33%) 23 (32%) 90 (32%)
    III/IV 44 (64%) 45 (64%) 44 (61%) 42 (59%) 175 (62%)
    Unknown 3 (4%) 4 (6%) 4 (6%) 6 (9%) 17 (6%)
Baseline Fatigue Score
    4-7 50 (73%) 50 (71%) 50 (70%) 51 (72%) 201 (71%)
    8-10 19 (28%) 20 (29%) 22 (31%) 20 (28%) 81 (29%)
Current chemotherapy
    Yes 39 (57%) 39 (56%) 42 (58%) 40 (56%) 160 (57%)
Current radiation therapy
    Yes 12 (17%) 12 (17%) 14 (19%) 13 (18%) 51 (18%)
Type of cancer
    Breast 24 (35%) 29 (41%) 26 (36%) 30 (42%) 109 (39%)
    Colon 7 (10%) 7 (10%) 5 (7%) 10 (14%) 29 (10%)
    Lung 8 (12%) 8 (11%) 10 (14%) 9 (13%) 35 (12%)
    Combination/unknown/other 30 (44%) 26 (37%) 31 (43%) 22 (31%) 109 (39%)
Menopausal status
    Premenopausal 7 (10%) 7 (10%) 7 (10%) 6 (9%) 27 (10%)
    Postmenopausal 34 (49%) 35 (50%) 37 (51%) 39 (55%) 145 (51%)
    Hysterectomy without oophorectomy 4 (6%) 4 (6%) 3 (4%) 3 (4%) 14 (5%)
Previous radiation therapy
    Yes 23 (50%) 16 (33%) 19 (39%) 14 (30%) 72 (38%)
Previous chemotherapy
    Yes 30 (65%) 32 (67%) 34 (69%) 28 (60%) 124 (65%)