Table 1. Patient’s Literacy and Stage of Breast Cancer (n = 172) ^a.

Stage	Patient’s Literacy, Years of Schooling
	N	Mean ± SD	P Value
Stage I	10	6.50 ± 6.32	0.05
Stage II	9	5.67 ± 5.91	0.05
Stage III	48	3.50 ± 4.95	0.05
Stage IV	105	2.85 ± 4.30	0.05

^aOne way ANOVA, F = 2.45, DF = 3.