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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of Non-Hispanic White and Asian/Pacific Islander women with stages I–III breast cancer in the SEER 18 registries, 1991–2011

From: Risk of cancer-specific, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality among Asian and Pacific Islander breast cancer survivors in the United States, 1991–2011

 

Non-Hispanic White women (n = 462,005)

Asian/Pacific Islandera women (n = 44,531)

Age at index breast cancer

  

 Mean (SD)

61.2 (13.7)

56.3 (13.1)

 Median (IQR)

61 (51–72)

55 (46–66)

 20–49 years

102,558 (22.2)

15,241 (34.2)

 50–64 years

168,817 (36.5)

17,111 (38.4)

 65–74 years

100,839 (21.8)

7683 (17.3)

 75–85 years

70,659 (15.3)

3789 (8.5)

 85+ years

19,132 (4.1)

707 (1.6)

Years of diagnosis

  

 1991–1995

57,530 (12.5)

4646 (10.4)

 1996–2000

84,289 (18.2)

8009 (18.0)

 2001–2005

145,993 (31.6)

12,856 (28.9)

 2006–2011

174,193 (37.7)

19,020 (42.7)

Birthplace

  

 U.S.

194,905 (42.2)

8424 (18.9)

 Non-U.S.

20,923 (4.5)

19,957 (44.8)

 Unknown

246,177

16,150

Marital status

  

 Single or never married

47,135 (10.2)

5372 (12.1)

 Married or domestic partner

400,184 (86.6)

38,178 (85.7)

 Unknown

14,686

981

AJCC stage

  

 I

242,188 (52.4)

21,664 (48.6)

 II

160,716 (34.8)

16,855 (37.9)

 III

59,101 (12.8)

6012 (13.5)

Hormone receptor status

  

 ER(+)/PR(+)

282,720 (61.2)

26,974 (60.6)

 ER(+)/PR(−)

50,909 (11.0)

4623 (10.4)

 ER(−)/PR(+)

6931 (1.5)

823 (1.8)

 ER(−)/PR(−)

71,453 (15.5)

7668 (17.2)

 Missing

49,992

4443

Tumor size

  

 <2 cm

365,185 (79.0)

35,248 (79.2)

 ≥2 cm

94,405 (20.4)

9097 (20.4)

 Missing

2415

186

Lymph node status

  

 Negative

315,405 (68.3)

29,897 (67.1)

 Positive

146,516 (31.7)

14,625 (32.8)

 Missing

84

9

Surgery

  

 Radical or total mastectomy

199,975 (43.3)

22,558 (50.7)

 Breast-conserving surgery

223,197 (48.3)

19,109 (42.9)

 Unspecified surgery

38,833

2864

Radiation

  

 No

213,565 (46.2)

21,825 (49.0)

 Yes

235,859 (51.1)

21,563 (48.4)

 Unknown

12,581

1143

Person-years of follow-up

  

 Mean (SD)

6.8 (4.9)

6.7 (5.0)

 Median (IQR)

4 (2–6)

3 (2–5)

 <2 years

80,086 (17.3)

8754 (19.7)

 2–4 years

79,702 (17.3)

7831 (17.6)

 4–6 years

70,179 (15.2)

6605 (14.8)

 6–8 years

60,933 (13.2)

5566 (12.5)

 8–10 years

54,674 (11.8)

4700 (10.6)

 10+ years

116,431 (25.2)

11,075 (24.9)

Outcome status

  

 Alive

352,200 (76.2)

37,658 (84.6)

 Died (all causes)

109,805 (23.8)

6873 (15.4)

  Breast cancer-specific

46,116 (42.0)

3661 (53.3)

  Cardiovascular

25,527 (23.2)

1173 (17.1)

  1. aAsian/Pacific Islander includes women classified in SEER as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Hmong, Kampuchean, Thai, Asian Indian, Pakistani, Micronesian, Chamorran, Guamanian NOS, Polynesian NOS, Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, Melanesian NOS, Fiji Islander, New Guinean, Other Asian and Other Pacific Islander