Table 1.
Study population: demographic characteristics by study sample and tumour type
| Total (n = 901) | Breast (n = 344) | Colorectal (n = 183) | Lung (n = 158) | Prostate (n = 216) | ||
| Age (SD) | 61.3 (14.6) | 55.5 (14.2) | 59.0 (13.7) | 65.3 (13.7) | 67.6 (12.7) | |
| Age range | 20–92 | 20–84 | 25–92 | 20–89 | 23–90 | |
| Male | 414 | 6 | 113 | 81 | 214 | |
| Female | 481 | 336 | 70 | 75 | 0 | |
| Treatment duration (SD) |
318 days (328) |
307 days (322) |
320 days (311) |
339 days (349) |
318 days (339) |
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| Education | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Elementary | 19 (2.1) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (1.6) | 8 (5.1) | 6 (2.8) | |
| Some HS | 55 (6.1) | 10 (2.9) | 15 (8.2) | 16 (10.1) | 14 (6.5) | |
| Compl HS | 169 (18.8) | 68 (19.8) | 39 (21.3) | 32 (20.2) | 30 (13.9) | |
| Some Univ | 170 (18.9) | 58 (16.9) | 30 (16.4) | 38 (24.1) | 44 (20.4) | |
| Compl Univ | 367 (40.8) | 161 (46.9) | 75 (40.1) | 52 (32.9) | 79 (36.6) | |
| Post Grad | 120 (13.3) | 44 (12.8) | 21 (11.5) | 12 (7.6) | 43 (19.9) | |
| Income | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| $0–19.9 K | 65 (7.2) | 19 (5.5) | 17 (9.3) | 21 (13.3) | 8 (3.7) | |
| $20–39.9 K | 137 (15.2) | 50 (14.6) | 33 (18.0) | 29 (18.4) | 25 (11.6) | |
| $40–59.9 K | 142 (15.8) | 54 (15.7) | 27 (14.8) | 28 (17.7) | 33 (15.3) | |
| $60–79.9 K | 134 (14.9) | 52 (15.2) | 28 (15.3) | 24 (13.0) | 30 (13.9) | |
| $80–99.9 K | 131 (14.6) | 52 (15.2) | 22 (12.0) | 13 (8.2) | 44 (20.4) | |
| $100 K plus | 218 (24.2) | 90 (26.2) | 42 (23.0) | 25 (15.8) | 61 (28.2) | |
| Missing/DK | 73 (8.1) | 26 (7.6) | 14 (7.7) | 18 (11.4) | 15 (6.9) |
SD standard deviation; Some HS some high school
Compl HS completed high school; Some Univ some university
Compl Univ completed university; DK do not know; 5 patients declared gender as “other”