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. 2021 Oct 20;33(1):109–111. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.10.004

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients by vaccination status

Characteristicsa Total (n = 208) Unvaccinated (n = 59) Vaccinated (n = 149) P value
Age in years, median (IQR) 63 (54-72) 60 (51-69) 66 (56-72) 0.02
Sex 0.37
 Male 99 (47.6) 31 (52.5) 68 (45.6)
 Female 109 (52.4) 28 (47.5) 81 (54.4)
Race/ethnicity 0.39
 White 135 (64.9) 36 (61.0) 99 (66.4)
 Black/African American 12 (5.8) 1 (1.7) 11 (7.4)
 Asian 19 (9.1) 6 (10.2) 13 (8.7)
 Hispanic/Latinx 31 (14.9) 12 (20.3) 19 (12.8)
 Other/mixed 7 (3.4) 2 (3.4) 5 (3.4)
 Declined to state 4 (1.9) 2 (3.4) 2 (1.3)
Education 0.03
 High-school diploma/GED or less 21 (10.1) 5 (8.5) 16 (10.7)
 Some college/2-year degree/4-year college 85 (40.9) 32 (54.2) 53 (35.6)
 School beyond college/graduate/professional degree 81 (38.9) 16 (27.1) 65 (43.6)
 Missing 21 (10.1) 6 (10.2) 15 (10.1)
Current employment status 0.003
 Employed 64 (30.8) 18 (30.5) 46 (30.9)
 Retired 68 (32.7) 10 (16.9) 58 (38.9)
 Unable to work: disability/caregiver 33 (15.9) 16 (27.1) 17 (11.4)
 Unemployed 17 (8.2) 8 (13.6) 9 (6.0)
 Not sure/decline to state 6 (2.9) 1 (1.7) 5 (3.4)
 Missing 20 (9.6) 6 (10.2) 14 (9.4)
Income last year before taxes 0.91
 Less than $25 000 21 (10.1) 7 (11.9) 14 (9.4)
 $25 000-$49 999 18 (8.7) 6 (10.2) 12 (8.1)
 $50 000-$74 999 22 (10.6) 5 (8.5) 17 (11.4)
 $75 000 or more 68 (32.7) 18 (30.5) 50 (33.6)
 Not sure/decline to state 51 (24.5) 15 (25.4) 36 (24.2)
 Missing 28 (13.5) 8 (13.6) 20 (13.4)
ECOG score 0.15
 0: fully active 94 (45.2) 22 (37.3) 72 (48.3)
 1: restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory 100 (48.1) 35 (59.3) 65 (43.6)
 2: ambulatory but unable to carry out work activities 8 (3.8) 2 (3.4) 6 (4.0)
 Unknown/not available 5 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 5 (3.4)
 Missing 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7)

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; GED, general equivalency diploma; IQR, interquartile range.

a

All values are frequencies and column percentages unless otherwise specified. Missing categories do not contribute to P value estimates.