Table 1.
Chemotherapy N = 42 |
Chemotherapy naive N = 41 |
Healthy control N = 53 |
|
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Age | 55 (7) | 59 (7)* | 55 (9) |
Age range | 43–73 | 41–74 | 41–71 |
Education (yr) | 16 (3) | 17 (2) | 17 (3) |
Breast radiation | 73% | 65% | |
Endocrine therapy (tamoxifen) | 43% | 58% | |
Disease stage at diagnosis (0, I, II, III) | 0%, 26%, 55%, 19% | 37%*, 50%*, 13%*, 0%* | |
Time since primary treatment (yr) | 4.8 (4.8) | 6.5 (5.6) | |
Postmenopausal | 89% | 82% | 44%* |
Clinical assessment of depression score | 51 (11)* | 44 (10) | 44 (9) |
APOE e4 | 31% | 24% | 23% |
BDNF Met | 43% | 28% | 36% |
MDR1 T | 81% | 78% | 83% |
GST Null | 38% | 42% | 51% |
COMT Val | 88% | 91% | 95% |
*Denotes significant (p < 0.05) difference.