Table 2:

Patient characteristics assessed by PCS score and stratified by race/ethnicity

	White		Hispanic		Black
	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean (SD)	P value
Total	42.6 (11.0)		41.9 (11.1)		40.0 (11.9)
Sex
Male	44.4 (10.9)		42.8 (11.1)		41.0 (12.4)
Female	40.3 (10.8)	1.00x10−4	40.6 (11.0)	0.07	39.0 (11.3)	0.14
Age, years
<50	42.6 (11.1)		41.0 (11.9)		39.8 (11.5)
50-59	42.8 (10.8)		42.5 (10.6)		40.6 (12.4)
60-69	43.2 (11.4)		42.2 (10.8)		39.7 (12.2)
≥70	41.4 (11.0)	0.77	41.9 (10.7)	0.75	40.0 (11.5)	0.96
Marital status
Married	43.2 (10.9)		43.0 (10.7)		40.4 (12.1)
Widowed	40.9 (10.6)		41.4 (11.3)		40.4 (11.9)
Separated	45.6 (0)		52.4 (5.4)		50.5 (5.1)
Divorced	41.4 (11.7)		39.5 (12.0)		39.3 (11.4)
Never married	40.1 (11.9)	0.35	37.0 (11.5)	0.004	38.7 (11.8)	0.48
Education level
Less than high school	39.1 (10.8)		38.1 (10.8)		37.4 (12.9)
High school/AA/VOC	41.2 (11.0)		41.6 (10.7)		39.7 (11.9)
At least some college	44.5 (10.8)	0.0030	46.9 (9.9)	3.78x10−7	42.7 (11.1)	0.067
Alcohol use
Never	40.5 (11.3)		41.5 (10.9)		40.9 (11.5)
Yes, currently	38.6 (11.7)		45.4 (10.3)		42.6 (11.5)
Yes, but quit	46.2 (9.5)	1.12 × 10−6	37.6 (10.8)	6.86 × 10−6	36.4 (12.3)	0.0021
Tobacco use
Never	43.6 (10.5)		41.7 (11.2)		42.1 (11.2)
Yes, currently	42.1 (11.5)		39.9 (11.8)		36.1 (11.5)
Yes, but quit	39.1 (11.8)	0.041	42.2 (10.7)	0.60	37.8 (12.5)	0.0018
Cancer site
Rectum	45.7 (11.6)		41.6 (11.7)		40.5 (12.4)
Colon	41.3 (10.5)	1.00×10−4	42.0 (10.8)	0.72	39.9 (11.8)	0.71
Stage
I	46.7 (11.2)		47.1 (9.7)		44.9 (11.3)
II	45.5 (10.1)		43.7 (11.1)		42.1 (11.6)
III	44.6 (10.1)		43.6 (10.2)		39.6 (12.0)
IV	40.3 (11.0)	5.00×10−4	37.2 (11.4)	1.08×10−5	37.3 (11.7)	0.0085

AA, associate of arts; VOC, vocational school. P values <0.05 (bold) were considered statistically significant.