TABLE 1. Sociodemographic and Disease Characteristics by Matched Groups (Black or Hispanic Versus Non-Hispanic White).

	Black or Hispanica (N = 44)		Non-Hispanic White (N = 44)
Characteristic	$\stackrel{‒}{\mathrm{X}}$	SD	$\stackrel{‒}{\mathrm{X}}$	SD	pb
Age (years)	56.3	12.5	56	11.5	0.93

Characteristic	n	n	pb
Sex			0.76
Female	39	37
Male	5	7
Insurance c			0.002
Private	22	37
Medicare	15	7
Medicaid	5	–
Education			0.02
High school or less	28	18
Associates or bachelor’s	11	12
Graduate or professional	4	14
Annual household income ($)			0.00
Less than 25,000	12	1
25,000–49,000	13	5
50,000–99,000	9	8
100,000 or greater	2	20
Language			0.36
English	40	43
Bilingual	3	1
Cancer type			1
Breast	29	28
Lung	8	7
Leukemia	5	6
Other	2	3
Cancer staged			0.97
0–II	16	20
III–IV	8	11
Recurrent or relapsed	5	4
Other	4	5
Performance statusd			0.43
ECOG 0	14	16
ECOG 1	4	1
ECOG 2	2	1

^aBlack or Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White participants matched in a 1:1 ratio based on cancer type and age (plus or minus five years).

^bAll p values are two-sided Fisher’s exact tests performed on non-missing observations.

^cOne participant with no insurance was removed from this analysis.

^dThis information was only collected if available for participants who consented to electronic medical record review (n = 73).

ECOG—Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Note.Unless otherwise indicated, missing observations reflect participant non-response or that information was not present in the electronic medical record.