Table 1 Participant medical and demographic characteristics
From: Biomarkers of aging associated with past treatments in breast cancer survivors
Total sample | Surgery alone | Chemo and/or radiation | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 94 | N = 15 | N = 79 | ||
Age, mean (SD) | 56.5 (8.1) | 58.1 (5.4) | 56.2 (8.5) | .39 |
Body mass index (BMI), mean (SD) | 25.7 (5.1) | 26.0 (5.6) | 25.6 (5.0) | .79 |
Years since diagnosis, mean (SD) | 4.8 (0.7) | 4.7 (.60) | 4.8 (.68) | .50 |
Years since last treatment, mean (SD) | 4.4 (0.6) | 4.6 (.57) | 4.4 (.65) | .16 |
Race, % White | 80% | 86.7% | 78.5% | .47 |
Marital status, % Married | 62.8% | 53.3% | 64.6% | .41 |
Education | .82 | |||
Post college | 50% | 53.3% | 49.4% | |
College | 31% | 33.3% | 30.4% | |
No college degree | 19% | 13.3% | 20.3% | |
Employment status | .08 | |||
Full or part-time | 73% | 86.7% | 63.3% | |
Not employed | 27% | 13.3% | 36.7% | |
Annual household income | .54 | |||
≥$100,000 | 59.6% | 66.7% | 58.2% | |
<$100,000 | 40.4% | 33.3% | 41.8% | |
Post-menopausal | 80.9% | 53% | 51% | .93 |
Past hormone therapy (HT) | 33.3% | 28.6% | 34.2% | .68 |
Surgery | .000 | |||
Mastectomy | 34% | 80% | 25.3% | |
Lumpectomy | 66% | 20% | 74.7% | |
Stage at diagnosis | .000 | |||
Stage 0 | 16% | 53.3% | 8.9% | |
Stage I | 46% | 46.7% | 45.6% | |
Stage II | 31% | 0% | 36.7% | |
Stage III | 7% | 0% | 8.9% | |
Endocrine therapy | 72% | 40% | 78.5% | .002 |
Had chemotherapy | 54.2% | 0% | 64.6% | |
Had radiation | 72% | 0% | 86.1% |
