Table 1.
Total and age-stratified sample characteristics.
| Variable | Total (N = 170)
|
Younger (N = 91)
|
Older (N = 79)
|
Statistic
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | C(p) | ||
| Ethnicity and race | .16 (0.22) | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 8.1 | 12.1 | 5.1 | ||
| African American or Black | 14.7 | 16.5 | 12.7 | ||
| Caucasian or White | 74.1 | 68.1 | 81.0 | ||
| Other | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | ||
| High school education | 50.6 | 49.5 | 51.9 | .02 (0.75) | |
| Combat experience | 43.5 | 40.7 | 46.8 | .06 (0.42) | |
| Cancer type | .07 (0.65) | ||||
| Head and neck | 40.0 | 42.9 | 36.7 | ||
| Colorectal | 49.4 | 46.2 | 53.2 | ||
| Gastro-esophageal | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.1 | ||
| Advanced cancer stage | 47.6 | 53.8 | 40.5 | .13 (0.08) | |
| Surgery plus adjuvant | 68.8 | 75.8 | 60.8 | .16 (0.03) | |
| Range | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | t (p) | |
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| |||||
| Total comorbidities | 0–9 | 3.49 (1.88) | 3.39 (1.68) | 3.61 (2.09) | −.76 (0.46) |
| Social support | 0–15 | 8.35 (1.94) | 8.08 (2.07) | 8.65 (1.73) | −1.91 (0.06) |
| Combat PTSD symptomsa | 0–4 | 1.59 (1.68) | 1.95 (1.23) | 1.23 (1.58) | 1.98 (0.05) |
| Depression | 0–27 | 6.76 (7.01) | 8.83 (4.41) | 7.79 (5.11) | 4.30 (.00) |
Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviations; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.
a
Totals provided for younger (N = 41) and older (N = 40) who were in combat.