Table 1.
Patient characteristics by cancer site.
| All patients | Patients with breast cancer | Patients with lung cancer | Patients with colorectal cancer | Difference between cancer sites | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 307) | (n = 107) | (n = 91) | (n = 109) | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | p value∗ | |
| Female | 213 | 69.4 | 106 | 99.1 | 59 | 64.8 | 48 | 44.0 | 0.003 |
| Age = 65 years or more | 111 | 36.2 | 23 | 21.5 | 40 | 44.0 | 48 | 44.0 | <0.001 |
| College or university education | 174 | 56.7 | 68 | 63.6 | 41 | 45.1 | 65 | 59.6 | 0.024 |
| Income adjusted for household size (top quartile) | 59 | 23.0 | 23 | 24.0 | 12 | 17.1 | 24 | 26.4 | 0.369 |
| At least one cardiometabolic risk factor1 | 148 | 48.4 | 42 | 39.3 | 46 | 51.1 | 60 | 55.1 | 0.056 |
| At least one chronic illness2 | 153 | 50.0 | 53 | 49.5 | 58 | 64.4 | 42 | 38.5 | 0.001 |
| Presence of metastasis at initial diagnosis | 84 | 27.9 | 6 | 5.7 | 42 | 47.7 | 36 | 33.3 | <0.001 |
1Cardiometabolic risk factors: high blood pressure, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia.
2Chronic illnesses: cardiac, respiratory, musculoskeletal, digestive, mental health, or stroke-related problems.
∗Pearson's Chi-Square test. For gender, we compared patients with lung cancer to patients with colorectal cancer (patients with breast cancer were excluded).