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. 2020 Aug 10;22(8):e17058. doi: 10.2196/17058

Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics at baseline of patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer.

Characteristics Breast cancer (n=74) Prostate cancer (n=75) Test statistic P value
Age (in years), median (range) 47 (27-73) 72 (44-81) –15.127a <.001a
Marital status, n (%) 74 (100) 71 (100) 1.204 (2)b .57b

Married/cohabitant 58 (78) 53 (74)


Living apart 3 (4) 6 (9)


Single 13 (18) 12 (17)

Highest education level, n (%) 74 (100) 71 (100) 10.627 (2)c .005c

University 50 (68) 30 (42)


Secondary school 18 (24) 25 (35)


Primary school 6 (8) 16 (23)

Occupation, n (%) 74( 100) 69 (100) 61.330 (2)b <.001b

Working 57 (77) 22 (32)


Sick leave 12 (16) 0 (0)


Retired/unemployed 5 (7) 47 (68)

aMann-Whitney U test.

bFischer exact test (df).

cChi-square (df).