Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of AA BCSs by BMI* Status after Breast Cancer Treatment
| Variable | Total N=195 (100%) |
Healthy n (%) |
Overweight n (%) |
Obese n (%) |
p-value** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Years) | 0.8825 | ||||
| 18–34 | 6 (3.1) | 3 (4.2) | 1 (1.6) | 2 (3.4) | |
| 35–54 | 72 (37.5) | 25 (34.7) | 23 (37.7) | 24 (40.7) | |
| ≥55 | 114 (59.4) | 44 (61.1) | 37 (60.7) | 33 (55.9) | |
| Income (Annual) | 0.5913 | ||||
| ≤$24,999 | 62 (32.5) | 18 (25.4) | 22 (36.7) | 22 (36.6) | |
| $25,000–$50,000 | 68 (35.6) | 28 (39.4) | 21 (35.0) | 19 (31.7) | |
| ≥$50,000 | 61(31.9) | 25 (35.2) | 17 (28.3) | 19 (31.7) | |
| Education | 0.5798 | ||||
| High school or Less | 42 (21.8) | 13(18.1) | 13 (21.3) | 16 (26.7) | |
| College | 121 (62.7) | 45 (62.5) | 41 (67.2) | 35 (58.3) | |
| Graduate | 30 (15.5) | 14 (19.4) | 7 (11.5) | 9 (15.0) | |
| Marital Status | 0.7838 | ||||
| Single | 46 (24.0) | 15 (20.8) | 15 (25.0) | 16 (26.7) | |
| Married | 72 (37.5) | 31 (43.1) | 20 (33.3) | 21 (35.0) | |
| Widowed or Divorced | 74 (38.5) | 26 (36.1) | 25 (41.7) | 23 (38.3) | |
| Stage at Diagnosis | 0.0008 | ||||
| Stage I | 77 (40.7) | 34 (47.9) | 22 (37.3) | 21 (35.6) | |
| Stage II | 51 (27.0) | 14 (19.7) | 23 (38.9) | 14 (23.7) | |
| Stage IIIA, IIIB, IV | 41 (21.7) | 10 (14.1) | 9 (15.3) | 22 (37.3) | |
| Don’t Know | 20 (10.6) | 13 (18.3) | 5 (8.5) | 2 (3.4) | |
| BC Recurrence | 0.2816 | ||||
| Yes | 39 (20.3) | 9 (12.5) | 17 (27.9) | 13 (22.0) | |
| No | 150 (78.1) | 62 (86.1) | 43 (70.5) | 45 (76.3) | |
| Don’t know | 3 (1.6) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (1.7) |
Some variables reflect an n <195 due to missing data for those variables.
*
BMI= Body Mass Index in Kg/m2: Healthy (BMI<25); Overweight (BMI=25–29); Obese (BMI≥30)
**
p-values <0.05 were significant.