Characteristica | Overall NÂ =Â 577 | Race | P valueb | Income | P valuec | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White N = 266 | AA N = 262 | ≤$10 k N = 119 | $10,001–$20,000 N = 129 | $20,001–$40,000 N = 137 | ≥$40,000 N = 139 | ||||
Age (years), mean | 63.7 | 64.9 | 62.2 | 0.0002 | 63.3 | 64.6 | 64.7 | 61.2 | 0.0017 |
Education (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 <High school | 17.7 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 0.79 | 37.3 | 19.8 | 11.0 | 0.0 | <0.0001 |
 High school | 27.9 | 29.4 | 27.2 |  | 29.7 | 39.7 | 30.1 | 13.0 |  |
 Some College/vocational training | 29.4 | 27.6 | 30.4 |  | 26.3 | 29.4 | 36.0 | 26.8 |  |
 College graduate | 13.7 | 14.7 | 14.0 |  | 4.2 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 29.0 |  |
 Graduate school | 11.4 | 12.8 | 10.5 |  | 2.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 31.2 |  |
 Missing/refuse | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |  | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |  |
No. of years since BC diagnosis, mean | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 0.74 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 0.073 |
BMI, mean | 31.2 | 29.5 | 32.9 | <0.0001 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 31.0 | 29.2 | 0.0014 |
% Incomec | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 <$10 K | 22.7 | 29.0 | 33.3 | <0.0001 | – | – | – | – | – |
 $10 K–$20 K | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.7 |  | – | – | – | – | – |
 $20 K–$40 K | 26.2 | 30.5 | 22.4 |  | – | – | – | – | – |
 >$40 K | 26.5 | 33.6 | 19.6 |  | – | – | – | – | – |
Raceb | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 White | – | – | – | – | 11.2 | 24.7 | 30.5 | 33.6 | <0.0001 |
 AA | – | – | – |  | 33.3 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 19.6 |  |
Enrollment location (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Community health center | 58.6 | 54.1 | 60.7 | 0.13 | 75.6 | 71.3 | 51.1 | 35.3 | <0.0001 |
 Public recruitment | 41.4 | 45.9 | 39.3 |  | 24.4 | 28.7 | 48.9 | 64.8 |  |
Insurance (%)* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Medicaid | 17.3 | 11.3 | 22.5 | 0.0006 | 52.1 | 14.1 | 5.8 | 0.7 | <0.0001 |
 Medicare | 54.8 | 57.1 | 52.7 | 0.30 | 58.8 | 70.5 | 55.5 | 36.7 | <0.0001 |
 Private | 53.5 | 60.2 | 47.7 | 0.0041 | 18.5 | 36.4 | 67.2 | 86.3 | <0.0001 |
 Champus | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 0.70 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 0.0036 |
 Other | 9.3 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 0.59 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 0.56 |
 None | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 0.90 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 0.0021 |
 Missing/refuse | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | – | 52.1 | 14.1 | 5.8 | 0.7 | <0.0001 |
BC treatment (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Any surgery | 98.4 | 98.5 | 98.9 | 0.72 | 99.2 | 100.0 | 97.8 | 97.8 | 0.18 |
 Mastectomy | 60.5 | 61.1 | 61.0 | 0.99 | 68.6 | 65.9 | 59.0 | 50.7 | 0.0014 |
 Lumpectomy | 46.4 | 48.9 | 43.2 | 0.20 | 33.1 | 41.9 | 50.0 | 58.8 | <0.0001 |
 Sentinel or axillary node dissection | 58.7 | 62.9 | 55.9 | 0.11 | 64.9 | 52.4 | 53.4 | 65.2 | 0.47 |
 Chemotherapy | 47.2 | 45.9 | 49.4 | 0.41 | 46.6 | 45.0 | 46.7 | 52.5 | 0.25 |
 Radiation | 47.4 | 47.7 | 48.7 | 0.83 | 40.2 | 41.1 | 48.5 | 60.4 | 0.0002 |
 Long term medication | 47.3 | 52.3 | 43.5 | 0.044 | 38.1 | 45.3 | 53.3 | 49.6 | 0.072 |
 No. of modalities mean (SD) | 3.2 (1.4) | 3.4 (1.5) | 3.2 (1.3) | 0.091 | 3.0 (1.2) | 3.1 (1.4) | 3.3 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.4) | 0.0042 |
High blood pressure (%) | 53.9 | 39.8 | 68.3 | <0.0001 | 71.4 | 60.9 | 50.4 | 37.0 | <0.0001 |
Myocardial Infarct (%) | 5.1 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.022 |
Diabetes (%) | 25.8 | 16.2 | 34.0 | <0.0001 | 37.0 | 33.3 | 19.0 | 13.7 | <0.0001 |
Stroke (%) | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 0.80 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.0037 |
Hepatitis (%) | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.076 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.028 |
Emphysema (%) | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 0.81 | 17.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 0.0008 |
Depression (%) | 23.0 | 25.2 | 21.4 | 0.30 | 40.3 | 27.1 | 16.1 | 12.9 | <0.0001 |
Osteoarthritis (%) | 57.8 | 56.0 | 60.7 | 0.28 | 77.3 | 53.5 | 61.3 | 43.2 | <0.0001 |
Menopause (%) | 96.0 | 98.5 | 93.9 | 0.0056 | 91.6 | 99.2 | 97.8 | 95.0 | <0.0001 |