Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, overall and by cannabis use status group.
From: Symptom trajectories over time by cannabis use status among patients undergoing cancer treatment
Overall | Non-use | Occasional use | Consistent use | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 218 | 66.97% (n = 146) | 12.84% (n = 28) | 20.18% (n = 44) | ||
Age, M (SD) | 57.51 (13.02) | 58.18 (13.24) | 59.32 (12.53) | 54.11 (12.27) | 0.14 |
Female, % (No.) | 71.1 (155) | 74.0 (108) | 75.0 (21) | 59.1 (26) | 0.14 |
Minoritized race, % (No.) | 9.6 (21) | 8.2 (12) | 10.7 (3) | 13.6 (6) | 0.50 |
Hispanic, % (No.) | 5 (11) | 5.5 (8) | 3.6 (1) | 4.5 (2) | 1 |
Education ≤ HS, % (No.) | 83.5 (182) | 84.9 (124) | 82.1 (23) | 79.5 (35) | 0.65 |
Income <$50KB, % (No.) | 44.3 (94) | 37.1 (52) | 50.0 (14) | 63.6 (28) | 0.01 |
Employed full/part time, % (No.) | 39.0 (85) | 29.4 (64) | 2.8 (6) | 6.9 (15) | 0.07 |
BL cancer stage III/IV, % (No.) | 45.0 (98) | 43.8 (64) | 50.0 (14) | 45.5 (20) | 0.83 |
Cancer treatment status, active, % (No.) | 82.5 (179) | 83.5 (121) | 82.1 (23) | 79.6 (35) | 0.84 |
Months since diagnosis, M (SD) | 25.09 (34.04) | 27.57 (37.39) | 26.15 (32.97) | 16.24 (18.80) | 0.06 |
Insurance status** | |||||
Medicare*, % (No.) | 40.4 (88) | 41.1 (60) | 57.1 (16) | 27.3 (12) | 0.04 |
MedicaidB, % (No.) | 12.8 (28) | 8.2 (12) | 10.7 (3) | 29.5 (13) | < 0.01 |
Private insurance, % (No.) | 53.7 (117) | 55.5 (81) | 46.4 (13) | 52.3 (23) | 0.67 |
Military insurance, % (No.) | 7.3 (16) | 8.9 (13) | 0.0 (0) | 6.8 (3) | 0.30 |
No health insurance, % (No.) | 2.8 (6) | 2.7 (4) | 0.0 (0) | 4.5 (2) | 0.68 |
Smoking status | |||||
Never smokerB, % (No.) | 72.9 (159) | 82.2 (120) | 64.3 (18) | 47.7 (21) | < 0.001 |
Former smokerB, % (No.) | 14.2 (31) | 8.9 (13) | 17.9 (5) | 29.5 (13) | < 0.01 |
Current smoker*, % (No.) | 12.8 (28) | 8.9 (13) | 17.9 (5) | 22.7 (10) | 0.04 |
BL MCLA,B,C, % (No.) | 18.0 (39) | 3.4 (5) | 21.4 (6) | 65.1 (28) | < 0.001 |
PBL MCLA,B,C, % (No.) | 4.6 (10) | 0.0 (0) | 14.3 (4) | 13.6 (6) | < 0.001 |