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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2019 Dec 6;11(2):284–289. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.10.004

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristics Overall (n=703) By Cognition
Normal (n=453, 64.4%) Potential Impairment (n=250, 35.6%) p-value*

Age, years 0.06
 65–69 249 66.7 33.3
 70–74 184 68.5 31.5
 75–79 155 63.9 36.1
 ≥80 115 53.9 46.1

Sex 0.07
 Female 398 67.3 32.7
 Male 305 60.7 39.3

Race/Ethnicity 0.009
 White 595 66.7 33.3
 Black 56 55.4 44.6
 Other 52 48.1 51.9

Education Level 0.007
 Less than high school 22 36.4 63.6
 High school graduate 236 61.4 38.6
 Associate/bachelor’s degree 298 65.1 34.9
 Advanced degree 146 71.9 28.1
 Missing 1

Marital Status 0.42
 Married 424 65.3 34.7
 Widowed 160 59.4 40.6
 Single 25 72.0 28.0
 Separated/divorced 94 67.0 33.0

Household
 Composition Lives lone 148 0.12
 Lives with spouse, partner, or child 541 70.3 29.7
 Missing 14 63.4 36.6

Cancer Type 0.39
 Breast 109 67.9 32.1
 GI 186 64.5 35.5
 GU 78 62.8 37.2
 GYN 102 70.6 29.4
 Lung 195 62.1 37.9
 Other 33 51.5 48.5

Cancer Stage 0.63
 I 32 62.5 37.5
 II 94 70.2 29.8
 III 168 62.5 37.5
 IV 402 63.9 36.1
 Missing 7

No. of Comorbidities 0.97
 0–1 220 64.6 35.4
 ≥2 483 64.4 35.6

CARG Toxicity Risk Group 0.04
 Low 182 69.8 30.2
 Medium 339 65.5 34.5
 High 148 56.8 43.2
 Missing 34

Abbreviations: GI = gastrointestinal; GU = genitourinary; GYN = gynecologic

*

Chi-squared test

Missing categories not included in statistical analysis