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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2018 Mar 14;9(5):459–463. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2018.03.004

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics (N=1,458)

Characteristic Mean ± Standard Error or N (%)
Age, years 67.1±0.5
Sex
 Male 41.7%
 Female 58.3%
Race and ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 84.5%
 Non-Hispanic Black 7.4%
 Other 8.1%
Annual household income
 <$25,000 31.2%
 ≥$25,000 $74,999 46.5%
 ≥$75,000 11.3%
 Refused, unknown, missing 11.0%
Type of cancer
 Breast 23.7%
 Gastrointestinal 10.9%
 Genitourinary 22.7%
 Gynecologic 15.7%
 Lung/Thoracic 5.6%
 Hematologic 4.4%
 Melanoma 7.8%
 Other/Don’t know 9.3%
Time since cancer diagnosis, years
 Mean (continuous) 10.8±0.4
 <5 33.7%
 5─10 25.3%
 ≥10 41.0%
Body mass index, kg/m2
 Mean (continuous) 28.1±0.2
 <18.5 2.4%
 18.5─24.9 28.3%
 25.0─29.9 40.9%
 ≥30.0 28.4%
Smoking
 Never 41.6%
 Former 43.5%
 Current 14.8%
Physical activity, past month 34.7%
Self-rated health status
 Excellent 7.6%
 Very good 27.4%
 Good 41.5%
 Fair 18.4%
 Poor 5.1%
Conditions
 Type 2 diabetes 13.3%
 Myocardial infarction 8.7%
 Stroke 7.2%
 Congestive heart failure 6.0%