Table 1.
CBCS Totala
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White
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African-American
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N | Weighted % | N | Weighted % | N | Weighted % | |
Total | 1,735 | 859 | 830 | |||
Age at Diagnosis | ||||||
<50 | 851 | 29.1 | 424 | 26.8 | 397 | 35.5 |
≥50 | 884 | 70.9 | 435 | 73.2 | 433 | 64.5 |
Missing | - | |||||
Income | ||||||
<$30,000 | 560 | 28.7 | 161 | 22.3 | 384 | 50.7 |
≥$30,000 | 1,076 | 71.3 | 652 | 77.7 | 396 | 49.3 |
Missing | 99 | 46 | 50 | |||
Educationb | ||||||
< High School | 146 | 7.6 | 43 | 5.9 | 96 | 12.4 |
HS Graduate | 560 | 33.7 | 243 | 33.1 | 304 | 37.5 |
≥ Some College | 1,028 | 58.6 | 573 | 61.0 | 429 | 50.1 |
Missing | 1 | - | 1 | |||
AJCC Stage | ||||||
1 or 2 | 1339 | 84.5 | 693 | 85.9 | 610 | 78.8 |
3 or 4 | 296 | 15.5 | 124 | 14.1 | 165 | 21.2 |
Missing | 100 | 42 | 55 | |||
CT/RTc, d | ||||||
CT and RT | 211 | 14.2 | 88 | 13.2 | 119 | 18.3 |
CT only | 741 | 50.8 | 350 | 49.8 | 374 | 56.7 |
RT only | 126 | 12.1 | 70 | 12.4 | 49 | 8.5 |
No CT or RT | 261 | 22.9 | 152 | 24.6 | 102 | 16.5 |
Missing | 132 | 50 | 79 | |||
Hormonal Therapyd | ||||||
Yes | 459 | 34.2 | 269 | 37.0 | 178 | 24.5 |
No | 1,143 | 65.8 | 537 | 63.0 | 576 | 75.5 |
Missing | 133 | 53 | 76 | |||
Surgeryd | ||||||
Biopsy Only | 148 | 6.2 | 57 | 5.2 | 90 | 10.8 |
Lumpectomy | 525 | 35.5 | 259 | 35.6 | 246 | 33.1 |
Mastectomy | 946 | 58.3 | 495 | 59.2 | 428 | 56.1 |
Missing | 116 | 48 | 66 | |||
Lymph Nodesd | ||||||
≥ 1 LN Removed | 739 | 49.5 | 364 | 45.0 | 357 | 47.8 |
No LNs Removed | 850 | 50.5 | 435 | 55.0 | 392 | 52.2 |
Missing | 146 | 60 | 81 |
Abbreviatons: CBCS = Carolina Breast Cancer Study; HS = High School; AJCC = American Joint Commission on Cancer; CT = Chemotherapy; RT= Radiation Therapy; LN = Lymph Nodes
Total includes all races
The high school graduate category includes those who went to technical school.
For the CT/RT variable: N = 1,474 for total CBCS population, 710 for whites, and 723 for African-Americans
Those who received treatments after post-diagnosis physical activity was assessed were coded as not having received treatment