TABLE 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of the study participantsa
| Characteristic | Total Sample (n=295) |
Incident Arm Swelling (n=27) |
No Incident Arm Swelling (n=268) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age — yr | 56.1±8.7 | 54.5±6.2 | 56.4±9.0 | 0.22 |
| Education — no. (%) | 0.20 | |||
| High school or less | 47 (16%) | 6 (22%) | 41 (15%) | |
| Some college | 101 (34%) | 12 (44%) | 89 (33%) | |
| College degree or more | 147 (50%) | 10 (37%) | 137 (51%) | |
| Self-reported race — no. (%) | 0.01 | |||
| White | 191 (65%) | 15 (56%) | 176 (66%) | |
| Black | 90 (30%) | 7 (26%) | 83 (31%) | |
| Other | 14 (5%) | 5 (18%) | 9 (3%) | |
| Occupation — no. (%) | 0.26 | |||
| Professional | 118 (40%) | 12 (44%) | 106 (40%) | |
| Clerical or service | 55 (19%) | 9 (33%) | 46 (17%) | |
| Homemaker, student, or unemployed | 26 (9%) | 1 (4%) | 25 (9%) | |
| Other or unknown | 27 (9%) | 1 (4%) | 26 (10%) | |
| Retired | 69 (23%) | 4 (15%) | 65 (24%) |
a
Plus-minus values are means ±SD. Percentage may not sum to 100% due to rounding error