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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 Sep;26(9):1466–1469. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0148

Table 1.

Associations between genetic ancestry and demographic and clinical characteristics of Latinas in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Pathways Study (n=506).

N (%) Indigenous Ancestry European Ancestry
Median (IQR) P* Median (IQR) P*
Age at Diagnosis
<40 Years 40 (7.9) 39.8 (23.9) <0.0001 51.4 (22.1) 0.0002
40–50 Years 138 (27.3) 38.2 (23.9) 52.9 (23.4)
50–60 Years 157 (31.0) 31.2 (25.6) 57.1 (25.3)
≥60 Years 171 (33.8) 28.9 (30.1) 59.1 (32.4)
Body Mass Index
<25 kg/m2 136 (27.8) 30.1 (27.4) 0.02 59.7 (30.4) 0.01
25–29.9 kg/m2 157 (32.0) 36.2 (22.1) 52.6 (23.3)
30–34.9 kg/m2 105 (21.4) 32.5 (20.1) 55.8 (23.1)
≥35 kg/m2 92 (18.8) 34.4 (30.4) 57.3 (25.0)
Education Level
High School 171 (33.9) 38.4 (22.1) <0.0001 51.3 (22.4) <0.0001
Some College 200 (39.6) 31.3 (24.8) 57.7 (22.2)
College Graduate 77 (15.3) 31.1 (26.0) 56.9 (29.4)
Post-Graduate Degree 57 (11.3) 13.8 (30.2) 77.9 (28.7)
Household Income
<$25,000 60 (11.9) 37.5 (20.5) <0.0001 53.4 (24.6) <0.0001
$25000–49,999 104 (20.6) 33.5 (25.0) 56.5 (22.6)
$50,000–89,999 165 (32.6) 30.0 (28.1) 59.0 (28.7)
>$90,000 92 (18.2) 28.0 (31.2) 62.8 (34.3)
Not disclosed 85 (16.8) 38.3 (20.4) 50.2 (20.9)
AJCC Stage
Stage I or II 433 (86.3) 32.3 (25.3) 0.45 56.9 (24.9) 0.56
Stage III or IV 69 (13.7) 35.2 (26.1) 56.1 (24.8)
Estrogen Receptor (ER) Positive
No 94 (18.7) 31.0 (22.9) 0.13 59.2 (24.0) 0.21
Yes 408 (81.3) 33.0 (27.0) 56.4 (25.8)
HER-2 Positive
No 404 (84.3) 32.4 (26.5) 0.72 56.2 (25.7) 0.56
Yes 75 (15.7) 31.7 (26.5) 59.0 (22.9)
Triple-Negative
No 439 (86.8) 32.6 (26.5) 0.16 56.6 (25.6) 0.35
Yes 67 (13.2) 33.3 (32.2) 57.6 (26.7)
Chemotherapy
No 229 (45.9) 32.2 (24.6) 0.53 56.3 (25.3) 0.73
Yes 270 (54.1) 33.2 (26.8) 57.5 (25.2)
Hormonal Therapy
No 138 (27.4) 31.7 (23.5) 0.35 57.6 (24.2) 0.46
Yes 366 (72.6) 33.0 (27.0) 56.4 (26.0)
Radiotherapy
No 283 (56.4) 33.1 (27.3) 0.30 56.7 (25.4) 0.36
Yes 219 (43.6) 32.3 (24.8) 57.0 (25.9)
Surgery
No Surgery 5 (1.0) 25.8 (32.3) 0.72 55.6 (34.6) 0.70
Lumpectomy 291 (58.0) 33.1 (25.7) 57.0 (26.4)
Simple or Radical Mastectomy 206 (41.0) 31.7 (26.4) 56.7 (24.0)
*

p-values obtained by fitting univariable regression models for type of ancestry on each characteristic;

IQR, Interquartile Range