Table 1.
Characteristics of elderly patients with M1b colon cancer by marital status
| Total | Single/Widowed/Separated/Divorced (2651) |
Married/Partner (3058) |
P/Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.000 | |||
| Male | 2970 | 1058 (39.9%) | 1912 (62.5%) | |
| Female | 2739 | 1593 (60.1%) | 1146 (37.5%) | |
| Race | 0.000 | |||
| White | 4373 | 1932 (72.9%) | 2441 (79.8%) | |
| Black | 855 | 538 (20.3%) | 317 (10.4%) | |
| Others | 481 | 181 (6.8%) | 300 (9.8%) | |
| Surgery | 0.001 | |||
| None | 3106 | 1504 (56.7%) | 1602 (52.4%) | |
| Surgery | 2603 | 1147 (43.3%) | 1456 (47.6%) | |
| Radiotherapy | 0.016 | |||
| None/Unknown | 5444 | 2547 (96.1%) | 2897 (94.7%) | |
| Yes | 265 | 104 (3.9%) | 161 (5.3%) | |
| Chemotherapy | 0.000 | |||
| None/Unknown | 2428 | 1316 (49.6%) | 1112 (36.4%) | |
| Yes | 3281 | 1335 (50.4%) | 1946 (63.6%) | |
| Insurance status | 0.000 | |||
| Uninsured | 233 | 126 (4.8%) | 107 (3.5%) | |
| Insured | 4697 | 2033 (76.7%) | 2664 (87.1%) | |
| Medicaid | 779 | 492 (18.6%) | 287 (9.4%) |