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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2019 Nov 22;28(7):3303–3311. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-05166-5

Table 2.

Patient demographics

All N = 191 Curcumin Gel N = 64 (33.5%) HPR Plus™ N = 65 (34.0%) Placebo N = 62 (32.5%)
Age (years)
 Mean [95% CI] 59.8 [58.3, 61.3] 59.0 [56.2, 61.8] 60.7 [58.0, 63.3] 59.8 [57.4, 62.2]
Race
 White/Caucasian 167 (87.4%) 55 (85.9%) 55 (84.6%) 57 (91.9%)
 Black/African American 21 (11.0%) 8 (12.5%) 9 (13.8%) 4 (6.5%)
 Asian 2 (1.%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.5%) 1 (1.6%)
 Unknown 1 (0.5%) 1 (1.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 3 (1.4%) 2 (3.1%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.6%)
 Non-Hispanic 186 (97.4%) 62 (96.9%) 63 (96.9%) 61 (98.4%)
 Unknown 2 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (3.1%) 0 (0.0%)
Marital status
 Married 119 (62.3%) 45 (70.3%) 37 (56.9%) 37 (59.7%)
 Domestic partner 1 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.6%)
 Divorced 30 (15.7%) 5 (7.8%) 9 (13.8%) 16 (25.8%)
 Separated 2 (1.1%) 1 (1.6%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.1%)
 Single 18 (9.4%) 8 (12.5%) 8 (12.3%) 2 (3.2%)
 Widowed 19 (10%) 5 (7.8%) 10 (15.4%) 4 (6.5%)
Tumor location
 Left 86 (45%) 29 (45.3%) 27 (41.5%) 30 (48.4%)
 Right 103 (53.9%) 35 (54.7%) 37 (56.9%) 31 (50%)
Tumor stage
 DCIS 28 (14.7%) 5 (7.8%) 12 (18.5%) 11 (17.7%)
 I 85 (44.5%) 34 (53.1%) 29 (44.6%) 22 (35.5%)
 II 54 (28.3%) 16 (25%) 18 (27.7%) 20 (32.3%)
 III 20 (10.5%) 7 (10.9%) 5 (7.7%) 8 (12.9%)
 IV 2 (1.1%) 2 (3.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Radiation type
 IMRT 5 (2.6%) 1 (1.6%) 2 (3.1%) 2 (3.2%)
 3D conformai whole breast 184 (96.3%) 63 (98.4%) 62 (95.4%) 59 (95.2%)
Radiation boost
 Yes 180 (94.2%) 60 (93.8%) 61 (93.8%) 59 (95.2%)
 No 9 (4.7%) 4 (6.3%) 3 (4.6%) 2 (3.2%)
Prescribed radiation dose (Gy)
 Mean [95% CI] 59 [58.3, 61.3] 58.4 [57.0, 59.8] 59.5 [58.4, 60.7] 59.1 [57.8, 60.4]
Breast field separation (cm)
 Mean [95% CI] 23.1 [22.4, 23.7] 22.6 [21.6, 23.6] 23.8 [22.8, 24.9] 22.8 [21.4, 24.2]
Prior chemotherapy
 Yes 90 (47.1%) 34 (53.1%) 29 (44.6%) 27 (43.5%)
 No 99 (51.8%) 30 (46.9%) 35 (53.8%) 34 (54.8%)
Hormone treatment
 Yes 41 (21.5%) 12 (18.8%) 16 (24.6%) 13 (21%)
 No 148 (77.5%) 52 (81.2%) 48 (73.8%) 48 (77.4%)
Herceptin treatment
 Yes 19 (10.0%) 8 (12.5%) 8 (12.3%) 3 (4.8%)
 No 170 (89.0%) 56 (87.5%) 56 (86.2%) 58 (93.5%)