Table 1.
Differences in Demographic Characteristics Between Cancer Survivors With (n=426) and Without (n=197) Chemotherapy Induced Neuropathy (CIN)
| Characteristic | No CIN 31.6% (n=197) |
CIN 68.4% (n=426) |
Test, p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age (years) | 58.38 (12.27) | 60.90 (10.52) | t=−2.48, .013 |
| Education (years) | 16.42 (2.61) | 16.37 (2.76) | t=0.20, .839 |
| % (n) | % (n) | ||
| Female | 80.7 (159) | 86.6 (368) | FE, .072 |
| Married/partnered | 63.2 (122) | 60.9 (252) | FE, .592 |
| Lives alone | 27.7 (54) | 29.2 (122) | FE, .774 |
| Employed | 49.2 (97) | 42.1 (179) | FE, .100 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 82.2 (162) | 77.2 (329) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 6.1 (12) | 7.0 (30) | Χ2 = 2.17, .539 |
| Black | 4.1 (8) | 5.2 (22) | |
| Hispanic/Mixed/Other | 7.6 (15) | 10.6 (45) | |
| Annual household income | |||
| <$30,000 | 14.8 (27) | 23.3 (92) | |
| $30,000 – $69,999 | 19.1 (35) | 21.0 (83) | U, .031 |
| $70,000 – $99,999 | 21.3 (39) | 16.2 (64) | |
| >$100,000 | 44.8 (82) | 39.5 (156) | |
| Child care responsibilities | 19.2 (37) | 13.3 (56) | FE, .069 |
| Adult care responsibilities | 3.8 (7) | 3.8 (15) | FE, 1.000 |
Abbreviations: FE = Fisher’s Exact test, U = Mann Whitney U test, SD = standard deviation