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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2014 May 29;19(12):1359–1376. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2014.906521

Table 1.

Disease and Demographic Characteristics of the Sample (n = 1,257)

Mean SD %

Age 67.74 12.45
Race/Ethnicity
 White 87.47
 Non-White 12.53
Education
High school or less 51.39
 Any college 48.61
Marital Status
 Married 61.16
 Not Married 38.84
Employment Status
 Employed 33.65
 Non-Employed 66.35
BMI
 Normal 30.77
 Overweight 39.47
 Obese 29.76
Type of Cancer
 Colon Cancer Male 15.38
 Colon Cancer Female 16.01
 Prostate Cancer 33.19
 Breast Cancer 35.42
Stage
 Stage 0-II 76.88
 Stage III 12.93
 Stage IV 10.19
Became Metastatic
 Yes 11.89
 No 88.11
Health Status (1-5) 3.20 0.90
Dieting Intention (1-5) 3.23 1.28
Exercising Intention (1-5) 3.55 1.28
Number of Treatments -0.05 0.95