TABLE 1.

Sample Characteristics

	Participants With CRC (N = 50)		Healthy Participants (N = 50)
Characteristic	$\overline{\text{X}}$	SD	$\overline{\text{X}}$	SD
Age (years)	55	12	58	7
Education (years)	16	3	16	3
Characteristic	n		n
Gender
Female	26		25
Male	24		25
Race
Caucasian	39		42
African American	3		4
Asian	3		1
Middle Eastern	2		–
Multiracial	1		2
Not reported	2		1
Marital status
Married/living with partner	34		40
Divorced	8		4
Never married	6		5
Widowed	2		1
Employed
Yes	25		34
No	25		16
Annual household income ($)
Less than 46,000	10		14
46,000–76,000	14		11
More than 76,000	21		24
Not reported	5		1
Other chronic health issues
Yes	40		38
No	10		12
Psychoactive medications *
Yes	28		12
No	22		38
Menopause
Yes	15		18
No	35		32
Hormone replacement
Yes	2		5
No	48		45
Cancer stage
I or II	16		–
III	19		–
IV or recurrent	15		–
Treatment
Before any treatment	20		–
After surgery only	13		–
Chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy	17		–

^*p < 0.05, two-tailed

CRC—colorectal cancer