Table 1.

Differences in demographic characteristics between breast cancer survivors with and without paclitaxel-induced neuropathy.

Characteristic	No neuropathy	Neuropathy	Test, p value
	50.0% (n = 25)	50.0% (n = 25)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	52.2 (9.5)	60.0 (9.4)	t = −2.89, p = .006
Education (years)	16.6 (2.4)	16.3 (2.9)	t = 0.32, p = .750
	% (n)	% (n)
Married/partnered	80.0 (20)	76.0 (19)	FE, p = 1.000
Lives alone	16.0 (4)	12.0 (3)	FE, p = 1.000
Employed	72.0 (18)	36.0 (9)	FE, p = .022
Ethnicity
White	80.0 (20)	76.0 (19)	FE, p = 1.000
Nonwhite	20.0 (5)	24.0 (6)
Annual household income
<$30,000	16.7 (4)	19.0 (4)
$30,000–$69,999	16.7 (4)	19.0 (4)	U, p = .317
$70,000–$99,999	16.7 (4)	33.3 (7)
>$100,000	50.0 (12)	28.6 (6)
Child care responsibilities	25.0 (6)	20.0 (5)	FE, p = .742
Adult care responsibilities	4.3 (1)	4.3 (1)	FE, p = 1.000

FE: Fisher’s exact test; SD: standard deviation; U: Mann–Whitney U test.