Table 1 Demographics and cancer characteristics of study cohort, stratified by age
Age < 50 | Age 50-65 | Age >65 | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Extent of disease | ||||
Confined to the breast (local) | 63 (63.0) | 127 (79.9) | 81 (79.4) | 0.011 |
Lymph node involvement (regional) | 37 (37.0) | 32 (20.1) | 21 (20.6) | |
Caucasian | 99 (98.0) | 172 (96.1) | 113 (95.0) | 0.870 |
Marital status | ||||
Single/divorced/widowed | 21 (20.2) | 48 (26.8) | 56 (47.5) | <0.001 |
Married/partnered | 83 (79.8) | 131 (73.2) | 62 (52.5) | |
Education beyond high school | 82 (78.8) | 120 (67.0) | 53 (44.5) | <0.001 |
Support group participation | 11 (10.7) | 18 (10.2) | 10 (8.5) | 0.912 |
Has one or more children | 83 (79.8) | 142 (79.3) | 106 (89.1) | 0.093 |
Financial difficulties due to breast cancer | ||||
Not at all/a little | 86 (84.3) | 159 (89.8) | 110 (94.0) | 0.063 |
Quite a bit/very much | 16 (15.7) | 18 (10.2) | 7 (6.0) | |
Has disability | 13 (12.6) | 18 (10.2) | 14 (11.8) | 0.993 |
From breast cancer | 6 (5.8) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0.010 |
From breast cancer and other condition | 4 (3.9) | 8 (4.5) | 4 (3.4) | |
Unrelated to breast cancer | 2 (1.9) | 7 (4.0) | 9 (7.6) |