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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 Feb 2;26(4):505–515. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0932

TABLE 2.

Individual Characteristics for Breast Cancer Survivors with Geocoded Addresses (N=4,354), Pathways Study, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2006–2013.

Individual Characteristics N %
Body Mass Index1 45 1.0
 Underweight
 Normal weight 1404 32.2
 Overweight 1352 31.1
 Obese 1511 34.7
 Unknown 42 1.0
Age at Breast Cancer Diagnosis (years) 960 22.0
 < 50
 50–59 1271 29.2
 60–69 1252 28.8
 >70 871 20.0
Race/ethnicity and nativity
 White, non-Hispanic 2786 64.0
 African American 348 8.0
 Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), foreign-born 423 9.7
 AAPI, US-born 141 3.2
 Hispanic, foreign-born 228 5.2
 Hispanic, US-born 314 7.2
 Other 114 2.6
Educational level 688 15.8
 High school or less
 Some college 1510 34.7
 College graduate 1204 27.7
 Post graduate 942 21.6
 Unknown 10 0.2
Household income 404 9.3
 <25K
 $25–49K 802 18.4
 $50–89K 1227 28.2
 ≥$90K 1351 31.0
 Unknown 570 13.1
Combined education +income (individual level SES)2
 1: Lowest SES 462 10.6
 2 582 13.4
 3 789 18.1
 4 750 17.2
 5 730 16.8
 6: Highest SES 469 10.8
 Unknown 572 13.1
Employment status 1452 33.3
 Full time
 Part time 517 11.9
 Unemployed 188 4.3
 Retired 1347 30.9
 Disability 408 9.4
 Other 238 5.5
 Unknown 204 4.7
Marital status 2653 60.9
 Married or live as married
 Widow 489 11.2
 Separated/divorced 841 19.3
 Single 353 8.1
 Unknown 18 0.4
1

BMI for Asians were defined using Asian-specific cut-points from World Health Organization (WHO).

2

Combined education and income variable created by adding education value 1–4 and income value 1–4. Baseline education 1= ≤High School, 2=some college, 3=college graduate, 4= post graduate. Baseline Income: 1= < $25,000, 2=$25,000–49,000, 3=$50,000–89,000 4= ≥ $90,000. Possible values 2 through 8. Lowest scores (2 and 3) combined for the lowest education and income group. Reference group score 8, women in both the highest income and highest education categories.