TABLE 2.
Demographic and other characteristics at baseline stratified by race, Study of Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Survivors1
| Caucasian (n = 309) | African American (n = 144) | P | |
| Age, y | 64.5 ± 10.3 | 60.7 ± 10.2 | <0.01 |
| Female | 60.1 | 58.3 | 0.71 |
| Marital status | <0.01 | ||
| Married/living as married | 63.4 | 43.8 | |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 31.7 | 43.1 | |
| Single/never married | 4.9 | 13.2 | |
| Education | 0.33 | ||
| High school and below | 48.5 | 53.5 | |
| Some college and above | 51.5 | 46.5 | |
| Ratio of income to poverty2 | <0.01 | ||
| <100% | 9.9 | 32.1 | |
| 100–199% | 32.2 | 33.6 | |
| 200–399% | 36.6 | 25.4 | |
| ≥400% | 21.2 | 9.0 | |
| Smoking | 0.04 | ||
| 0 pack-years | 48.9 | 53.5 | |
| 0.1–9.9 pack-years | 12.3 | 19.4 | |
| 10–19.9 pack-years | 5.5 | 9.0 | |
| ≥20 pack-years | 33.3 | 18.1 | |
| Alcohol | 0.30 | ||
| <1 drink/wk | 71.8 | 77.1 | |
| 1–6 drinks/wk | 16.8 | 11.8 | |
| ≥7 drinks/wk | 11.3 | 11.1 | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 28.0 ± 7.0 | 30.0 ± 6.2 | <0.01 |
| Physical activity, MET-h3/wk | 13.2 ± 10.9 | 13.3 ± 11.3 | 0.87 |
| Fruit and vegetable, pyramid servings/d | 2.1 ± 1.4 | 2.5 ± 1.9 | 0.03 |
| Percentage of energy from fat | 33.4 ± 3.7 | 34.1 ± 4.5 | 0.08 |
| Health insurance coverage | |||
| Overall | 90.6 | 80.6 | <0.01 |
| Private insurance | 74.6 | 55.6 | <0.01 |
| Medicare | 56.8 | 49.6 | 0.19 |
| Medicaid | 4.6 | 21.4 | <0.01 |
1
Values are means ± SDs or percentages. P values were obtained by using a t test, chi-square test, or Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test as appropriate.
2
Poverty level was based on 2011 data from the US Census Bureau.
3
MET-h, metabolic equivalent task hours.