Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of women with ovarian cancer who participated in RUTH.
| Characteristic | All (n = 170) |
Ageb <65 (n = 98) |
Ageb 65+ (n = 72) |
Chi-squarec |
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| % | % | % | P | |
| Age 24–55 | 25.9 | – | – | |
| Age 55–64 | 31.8 | – | – | |
| Age 65–90 | 42.3 | – | – | |
| Race | 0.39 | |||
| White | 72.3 | 69.4 | 76.4 | |
| African American | 24.1 | 26.5 | 20.8 | |
| Otherd | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | |
| Education | 0.34 | |||
| High school or less | 38.2 | 37.8 | 38.9 | |
| Some college/Tech degree | 37.1 | 33.7 | 41.7 | |
| College or more | 24.7 | 28.6 | 19.4 | |
| Employment status | <0.0001 | |||
| Retired or disabled | 58.2 | 42.9 | 79.2 | |
| Employed | 24.7 | 31.6 | 15.3 | |
| Other | 17.1 | 25.5 | 5.6 | |
| Time since diagnosis >18 months | 17.4 | 15.8 | 19.4 | 0.30 |
| Stage | 0.06 | |||
| I – II | 22.5 | 26.8 | 16.7 | |
| III–IV | 46.7 | 39.2 | 56.9 | |
| Not staged or stage missing | 30.8 | 34.0 | 26.4 | |
| Number of comorbidities | 0.20 | |||
| None | 16.5 | 21.4 | 9.7 | |
| 1–2 | 58.2 | 53.1 | 65.3 | |
| 3+ | 25.3 | 25.5 | 25.0 | |
| Study sitea | 0.66 | |||
| UAB | 45.3 | 48.0 | 41.7 | |
| MCI | 20.6 | 21.4 | 19.4 | |
| Northside Hospital | 19.4 | 16.3 | 23.6 | |
| ASCR | 14.7 | 14.3 | 15.3 |
a
UAB: University of Alabama at Birmingham, MCI: Mitchell Cancer Institute, ASCR: Alabama State Cancer registry.
b
Age ranged from 24 years to 90 years; mean age of the women was 61.8 (standard deviation 11.6).
c
Chi-square test for the difference by age group.
d
Other race included: Hispanic, Asian and non-specified “Other race.”