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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Mar 10;19(6):709–718. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7653

Table 2:

Clinicodemographic characteristics by diabetes status among patients with cancer (n=3,512)

Totala Prediabetes Diabetes Neither p-value
Study Population n (%) 3,512 (100) 745 (21.2) 1,145 (32.6) 1,622 (46.2)
Age (years) mean (SD)b 57.8 (14.0) 57.4 (14.1) 60.4 (13.1) 56.2 (14.2) <0.001
Age categorized n (%)b <0.001
 <50 years 854 (24.3) 194 (26.0) 206 (18.0) 454 (28.0)
 50 to 64 years 1,440 (41.0) 293 (39.3) 463 (40.4) 684 (42.2)
 65 to 79 years 1,091 (31.1) 238 (31.9) 423 (36.9) 430 (26.5)
 80+ years 127 (3.6) 20 ( 2.7) 53 ( 4.6) 54 ( 3.3)
Sex n (%) 0.02
 Female 1,724 (49.1) 360 (48.3) 529 (46.2) 835 (51.5)
 Male 1,788 (50.9) 385 (51.7) 616 (53.8) 787 (48.5)
Race and Ethnicity n (%) <0.001
 Non-Hispanic White 3,177 (90.5) 678 (91.0) 1,006 (87.9) 1,493 (92.0)
 Non-Hispanic Black 18 (0.5) 10 (1.3) 2 ( 0.2) 6 ( 0.4)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 38 (1.1) 7 ( 0.9) 15 (1.3) 16 (1.0)
 Non-Hispanic Otherc 142 (4.0) 26 (3.5) 54 (4.7) 62 (3.8)
 Hispanic 137 (3.9) 24 (3.2) 68 (5.9) 45 (2.8)
BMI kg/m2 mean (SD)d 29.1 (6.6) 28.1 (5.8) 31.3 (7.7) 28.0 (5.8) <0.001
BMI kg/m2 category n (%)d <0.001
 Underweight (<18.5) 33 (0.9) 7 (0.9) 9 (0.8) 17 (1.0)
 Normal (18.5 – 24.99) 814 (23.2) 198 (26.6) 185 (16.2) 431 (26.6)
 Overweight (25.0 – 29.99) 1,004 (28.6) 222 (29.8) 281 (24.5) 501 (30.9)
 Obese (>=30) 1,118 (31.8) 210 (28.2) 482 (42.1) 426 (26.3)
 Unknown 543 (15.5) 108 (14.5) 188 (16.4) 247 (15.2)
Population n (%)e 0.31
 Rural 1,125 (32) 223 (29.9) 362 (31.6) 540 (33.3)
 Non-Rural 2,357 (67.1) 515 (69.1) 770 (67.2) 1,072 (66.1)
 Unknown 30 (0.9) 7 (0.9) 13 (1.1) 10 (0.6)
State of Residence n (%)f <0.001
 Utah 2,464 (70.2) 557 (74.8) 818 (71.4) 1,089 (67.1)
 Idaho 425 (12.1) 65 (8.7) 146 (12.8) 214 (13.2)
 Wyoming 274 (7.8) 45 (6.0) 86 (7.5) 143 (8.8)
 Nevada 168 (4.8) 39 (5.2) 54 (4.7) 75 (4.6)
 Other 181 (5.2) 39 (5.2) 41 (3.6) 101 (6.2)
Cancer Stage n (%) <0.001
 Stage 0-I 872 (24.8) 137 (18.4) 226 (19.7) 509 (31.4)
 Stage II 638 (18.2) 107 (14.4) 208 (18.2) 323 (19.9)
 Stage III 553 (15.7) 94 (12.6) 167 (14.6) 292 (18.0)
 Stage IV 543 (15.5) 153 (20.5) 199 (17.4) 191 (11.8)
 Unknown/ Not Applicableg 906 (25.8) 254 (34.1) 345 (30.1) 307 (18.9)
Cancer treatment n (%)
 Surgery 2,957 (84.2) 594 (79.7) 945 (82.5) 1,418 (87.4) <0.001
 Chemotherapy 1,458 (41.5) 425 (57.0) 548 (48.0) 485 (29.9) <0.001
 Radiation 1,035 (29.5) 251 (33.7) 349 (30.5) 435 (26.8) 0.002
 Hormone therapy 731 (20.8) 169 (22.7) 204 (17.8) 358 (22.1) 0.01
 Immunotherapy 339 (9.7) 99 (13.3) 122 (10.7) 118 (7.3) <0.001
 Glucocorticoids 2,938 (83.7) 656 (88.1) 972 (84.9) 1,310 (80.8) 1.5) <0.001
Cancer Sequence Number n (%) <0.001
 00 – only one primary cancer 3,084 (87.8) 632 (84.8) 977 (85.3) 1,475 (90.9)
 01 – multiple primary cancer 428 (12.2) 113 (15.2) 168 (14.7) 147 (9.1)
a

Not all %s add up to 100 because of rounding decimal places;

b

At cancer diagnosis;

c

American Indian/Alaska Native, Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Other, or Unknown;

d

Body Mass Index, at cancer diagnosis (90 days window before and after cancer diagnosis);

e

Determined from RUCA score on zip code;

f

Determined from last known residence;

g

Brain and nervous system cancers are not routinely staged; n=number; SD=standard deviation; BMI=body mass index