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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2015 Jul 6;121(20):3737–3745. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29567

Table 2.

FCG Demographic Characteristics by Group and Disease Stage




Variable Usual Care
N (%)
Intervention
N (%)
p-Value Stage I-III
N (%)
Stage IV
N (%)
p-Value



Gender
 Male 59 (36.2%) 80 (39.4%) .588 51 (32.5%) 88 (42.1%) .065
 Female 104 (63.8%) 123 (60.6%) 106 (67.5%) 121 (57.9%)



Education Completed
 Elementary School 2 (1.2%) 1 (0.5%) .071 1 (0.6%) (1.0%) .252
 Secondary/High School 61 (37.4%) 55 (27.1%) 57 (36.3%) 59 (28.2%)
 College 100 (61.3%) 147 (72.4%) 99 (63.1%) 148 (70.8%)



Marital Status
 Single 16 (9.9%) 31 (15.3%) .308 18 (11.5%) 29 (13.9%) .756
 Separated, Divorced, Widowed 13 (8.0%) 16 (7.9%) 12 (7.6%) 17 (8.2%)
 Married, Partnered 133 (82.1%) 156 (76.8%) 127 (80.9%) 162 (77.9%)



Live Alone
 Yes 6 (3.7%) 15 (7.4%) .175 10 (6.4%) 11(5.3%) .657



Employed
 > 32 hours per week 56 (34.4%) 48 (23.6%) .027 45 (28.7%) 59 (28.2%) 1.000



Ethnicity
 Hispanic/Latino 11 (6.7%) 24 (11.8%) .015 15 (9.6%) 20 (9.6%) .585
 NOT Hispanic/Latino 145 (89.0%) 178 (87.7%) 140 (89.2%) 183 (87.6%)
 Unknown/Unreported 7 (4.3%) 1 (0.5%) 2 (1.3%) 6 (2.9%)



Race
 American Indian 2 (1.2%) 0 (0%) .001 0 (0%) 2 (1.0%) .042
 Asian 25 (15.3%) 16 (7.9%) 13 (8.3%) 28 (13.4%)
 Black or African American 7 (4.3%) 5 (2.5%) 6 (3.8%) 6 (2.9%)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 (0.6%) 10 (4.9%) 2 (1.3%) 9 (4.3%)
 White (Includes Latino) 115 (70.6%) 167 (82.3%) 132 (84.1%) 150 (71.8%)
 Other 13 (8.0%) 5 (2.5%) 4 (2.5%) 14 (6.7%)



Religion
 Protestant 68 (42.0%) 81 (40.1%) .171 77 (49.4%) 72 (34.6%) .088
 Catholic 47 (29.0%) 56 (27.7%) 34 (21.8%) 69 (33.2%)
 Jewish 5 (3.1%) 16 (7.9%) 12 (7.7%) 9 (4.3%)
 Muslim 1 (0.6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.5%)
 Buddhist 7 (4.3%) 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.6%) 7 (3.4%)
 Mormon/LDS 2 (1.2%) 2 (1.0%) 0 (0%) 4 (1.9%)
 Jehovah’s Witness 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.5%) 0 (0%) 2 (1.0%)
 Seventh Day Adventist 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.5%)
 Other/None 30 (18.5%) 44 (21.8%) 31 (19.9%) 43 (20.7%)



Income
 </= $50K 39 (23.9%) 39 (19.2%) .543 33 (21.0%) 45 (21.5%) .639
 > $50K 92 (56.4%) 123 (60.6%) 96 (61.1%) 119 (56.9%)
 Declined to state 32 (19.6%) 41 (20.2%) 28 (17.8%) 45 (21.5%)



Classification of Smoking History
 Current Smoker 14 (8.6%) 15 (7.4%) .829 13 (8.3%) 16 (7.7%) .194
 Former Smoker 63 (38.7%) 75 (36.9%) 67 (42.7%) 71 (34.0%)
 Non-Smoker 86 (52.8%) 113 (55.7%) 77 (49.0%) 132 (58.4%)



Surgery in past three months 13 (8.0%) 18 (8.9%) .851 8 (11.3%) 5 (5.4%) .244

 Pack Years M(SD) 26.45 (28.11) 21.78 (28.49) .126 27.15 (25.72) 26.24 (23.33) .814

 Age M(SD) 57.23 (13.16) 57.54 (14.31) .834 57.23 (13.16) 57.54 (14.31) .834

 Total # of chronic illnesses M(SD) 1.36 (1.56) 1.40 (1.60) .773 1.36 (1.56) 1.40 (1.60) .773