Table 2.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the respondents, non-respondents and patients with unverifiable addresses at T1
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N (%) All respondents N = 2451 |
N (%) Non-respondents N = 566 |
N (%) Patients with unverifiable addresses N = 306 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic factors | ||||
| Gender | <0.01 | |||
| Male | 1339 (54.6) | 275 (47.7) | 148 (48.4) | |
| Female | 1112 (45.4) | 301 (52.3) | 158 (51.6) | |
| Age at time of survey: mean (SD) | 69.6 (9.5) | 72.8 (9.4) | 68.9 (12.4) | <0.01 |
| <55 years | 186 (7.6) | 31 (5.4) | 42 (13.7) | <0.01 |
| 55–74 years | 1470 (60.0) | 267 (46.4) | 144 (47.1) | |
| ≥ 75 years | 795 (32.4) | 278 (48.3) | 120 (39.2) | |
| Partner (yes) | 1848 (76.1) | |||
| Educational level a | ||||
| Low | 1184 (48.8) | |||
| Medium | 773 (31.9) | |||
| High | 466 (19.2) | |||
| Clinical factors | ||||
| Years since diagnosis/mean (SD) | 5.3 (2.8) | 5.3 (2.9) | 5.7 (2.9) | 0.02 |
| Localization | 0.02 | |||
| Colon cancer | 1510 (61.6) | 390 (67.7) | 191 (62.4) | |
| Rectal cancer | 941 (38.4) | 186 (32.3) | 115 (37.6) | |
| Tumor stage | 0.05 | |||
| I | 780 (31.8) | 156 (27.1) | 91 (29.7) | |
| II | 947 (38.6) | 258 (44.8) | 132 (43.1) | |
| III | 724 (29.5) | 162 (28.1) | 83 (27.1) | |
| Treatment | <0.01 | |||
| Surgery only | 1215 (49.6) | 343 (59.6) | 176 (57.9) | |
| Surgery and RT | 565 (23.1) | 95 (16.5) | 52 (17.1) | |
| Surgery and CT | 497 (20.3) | 97 (16.8) | 51 (16.8) | |
| Surgery, RT and CT | 171 (7.0) | 38 (6.6) | 23 (7.6) | |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| No comorbidities | 673 (25.0) | |||
| 1 comorbid condition | 659 (28.8) | |||
| 2 or more comorbid conditions | 1060 (46.3) | |||
| BMI/mean (SD) | 26.7 (4.3) | |||
| Normal | 800 (33.5) | |||
| Overweight | 1159 (48.5) | |||
| Obesity | 430 (18.0) | |||
RT radiotherapy, CT chemotherapy, BMI body mass index
aEducational level: High University or high education, Medium Vocational training, Low secondary, primary or less