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. 2019 Feb 14;28(2):284–293. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7025

Table 2.

Distribution of Patient Characteristics and Adjusted Mean for Key Patient-Reported Outcomes

  N (%) Symptomsa Optimismb Anxietyb PCSb MCSb
All 215 (100) 43.37 71.64 63.41 43.66 50.08
Individual-level inputs
Stage   ns ns ns ns ns
 I 58 (27.0) 43.20 70.95 62.84 44.34 49.77
 II 22 (10.2) 47.73 71.59 67.17 44.20 50.42
 III 116 (54.0) 43.71 71.94 63.98 43.10 50.08
 IV 10 (4.7) 35.00 66.67 50.00 42.34 47.27
 Unstaged 9 (4.2) 38.89 77.78 65.43 46.67 54.36
Age at diagnosis   * ns * ns ns
 Q1 (≤51) 36 (16.7) 42.09 74.09 66.67 46.04 50.43
 Q2 (51–≤58) 67 (31.2) 49.35 70.94 54.30 42.66 48.14
 Q3 (58–≤66) 50 (23.3) 43.57 74.40 66.67 43.77 52.93
 Q4 (66>) 62 (28.8) 37.50 67.84 67.86 42.93 49.14
Comorbiditya   ns ** ns *** *
 0,1 130 (60.5) 42.66 74.59 66.07 45.65 50.87
 2 30 (14.0) 43.67 72.67 63.70 42.48 52.86
 3+ 55 (25.6) 44.91 64.09 56.97 39.61 46.71
BMIa   ns ns ns ** ns
 <25 35 (16.4) 41.30 71.79 69.84 47.13 52.05
 25–<30 53 (24.8) 42.83 71.54 64.36 45.58 51.16
 ≥30 126 (58.9) 44.29 71.61 61.02 41.86 49.03
Physical activity, MET-min/weeka   ns ns *** * ns
 Q1 (0) 74 (34.4) 46.76 68.10 50.60 41.31 47.75
 Q2 (0–≤265) 34 (15.8) 45.59 73.90 64.71 43.71 50.08
 Q3 (265–≤720) 62 (28.8) 40.97 71.05 69.18 43.71 52.13
 Q4 (>720) 45 (20.9) 39.46 76.56 75.56 47.43 51.10
Social/societal-level inputs
Social supporta   ns *** * ** **
 Low (≤3) 10 (4.7) 46.00 50.42 48.89 33.25 41.46
 Moderate (3–<4) 81 (38.4) 43.33 69.05 59.81 43.07 49.01
 High (>4) 120 (56.9) 43.05 74.93 66.30 44.77 51.36
SES: Family income   ns *** *** * ns
 <10 K 40 (18.9) 45.50 63.17 46.11 40.48 47.98
 10k–<25k 55 (25.9) 39.45 68.02 64.65 41.83 48.34
 25k–<50k 56 (26.4) 46.71 75.76 66.47 43.97 49.95
 50k–<75k 32 (15.1) 48.13 75.26 68.06 47.03 52.98
 ≥75k 29 (13.7) 36.21 78.16 71.65 47.21 53.24
SES: education   ns *** *** ns ns
 <HS 35 (16.3) 34.86 63.26 51.75 41.69 46.73
 HS 58 (27.0) 45.96 66.65 57.47 42.71 49.08
 Some college 58 (27.0) 45.34 78.45 67.24 43.19 51.75
 ≥4 years college 64 (29.8) 43.91 74.56 71.70 46.03 51.31
Perceived discriminationb   * ns ns ns ns
 0 (None) 115 (53.5) 39.83 71.22 65.12 44.38 50.52
 >0 (Any) 100 (46.5) 47.46 72.12 61.44 42.84 49.58
Any chemotherapy   ns ns ns ns ns
 No 17 (9.8) 40.59 76.23 73.86 42.10 51.49
 Yes 156 (90.1) 44.33 70.65 64.96 44.08 49.98
a

Initial interview scores.

b

Follow-up interview scores.

ns = Comparisons not statistically significant.

*

p-value <0.05.

**

p-value <0.01.

***

p-value <0.001.