Table 1.
Sample characteristics: Demographic, general health, CLL risk, behavioral correlates of inflammation, and stress scores for trial patients (N=152) and subset with immune data (N=96)
| Characteristic | Trial patients (n=152) |
Patients with cytokine/chemokine data (n=96) |
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| Demographic | M/SD | N (%) | M/SD | N (%) |
| Age (in years), M (SD) | 64.1 (10.80) | 64.2 (10.40) | ||
| Gender (Male) | 107 (71%) | 64 (67%) | ||
| Married/Partnered (Yes) | 131 (86%) | 83 (87%) | ||
| Distance from cancer center (in miles) | 341.44 (438.05) | 331.55 (422.58) | ||
| Race | ||||
| Caucasian | 147 (97%) | 95 (99%) | ||
| African-American | 5 (3%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Education | ||||
| High School/Technical School or Below | 44 (29%) | 18 (19%) | ||
| Some College/College Graduate | 58 (38%) | 44 (46%) | ||
| Some Graduate School/Graduate Degree | 46 (30%) | 32 (33%) | ||
| Missing | 4 (3%) | 2 (2%) | ||
| Household income (K) | ||||
| ≤ 50 | 41 (27%) | 29 (30%) | ||
| 51-100 | 38 (25%) | 23 (24%) | ||
| >100 | 46 (30%) | 43 (45%) | ||
| Prefers Not to Answer | 24 (16%) | 10 (10%) | ||
| Missing | 3 (2%) | 2 (2%) | ||
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| General Health | ||||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index (unadjusted) | 2.5 (1.0) | 2.49 (0.82) | ||
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| CLL Risk | ||||
| Number of prior therapies | 3.5 (2.6) | 3.27 (2.43) | ||
| Del17p | 78 (51%) | 54 (56%) | ||
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| Behavioral Correlates of Inflammation | ||||
| Body Mass Index | 26.5 (4.8) | 26.13 (5.10) | ||
| Smoking Status (Current Smoker) | 8 (5%) | 5 (5%) | ||
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| Stress (IES) | 11.61 (10.55) | 13.55 (10.62) | ||
Abbreviations: Del17p = presence of deletion of 17p; IES = Impact of Event Scale