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Table 1 Distribution of demographic and clinic characteristics by cancer type 1

From: Urinary incontinence and health-related quality of life among older Americans with and without cancer: a cross-sectional study

 

Bladder

Breast

Colorectal

Endometrial/

Lung

Prostate

No cancer

Uterine

N=749

N=2,828

N=1,739

N=562

N=662

N=3,258

N=319,734

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age

>75

486 (64.9) **

1,604 (56.7)**

1,140 (65.6)**

352 (62.6)**

338 (51.1)*

1,985 (60.9)**

147,523 (46.1)

Current smoker

Yes

114 (15.5)**

227 (8.1)**

128 (7.5)**

19 (3.4)**

121 (18.6)**

295 (9.2)**

35,612 (11.3)

Race

White

648 (88.6)

2,244 (81.6)

1,576 (79.9)

444 (81.6)

524 (81.5)

2,489 (78.7)

279,313 (85.5)

Non- white

83 (11.4)*

507 (18.4)**

338 (20.1)**

100 (18.4)*

119 (18.5)**

673 (21.3)**

45,395 (14.5)

Gender

Female

225 (30.0)

2,828 (100)

883 (50.8)

562 (100)

343 (51.8)

0 (0)

191,922 (60.0)

Male

524 (70.0)**

0 (0)

856 (49.2)**

0 (0)

319 (48.2)**

3,258 (100)

127,812 (40.0)

Marital status

Not married

275 (38.8)**

1,540 (57.2)**

743 (44.8)

297 (56.0)**

297 (47.2)

755 (24.5)**

132,154 (43.8)

Education

> High school

286 (38.8)**

1,053 (37.7)**

608 (35.6)*

214 (38.6)**

227 (35.1)

1,421 (44.4)**

102,928 (32.8)

High blood pressure

Yes

465 (62.8)

1,797 (64.6)**

1,087 (63.2)

359 (64.5)

388 (59.5)

1,891 (58.7)**

193,321 (61.1)

Stroke

Yes

87 (11.8)*

218 (7.8)*

193 (11.3)**

40 (7.2)

82 (12.6)**

345 (10.7)**

28,737 (9.1)

Cardio vascular disease

Yes

339 (45.6)**

833 (29.7)**

605 (35.2)

169 (30.2)

264 (40.4)**

1,136 (35.1)

107,374 (33.8)

Chronic lung disease

Yes

123 (16.9)*

392 (14.1)

228 (13.4)

59 (10.7)*

290 (44.8)**

446 (13.9)

44,038 (14.0)

Gastro intestinal problems

Yes

40 (5.5)

153 (5.6)

173 (10.4)**

39 (7.1)*

30 (4.7)

130 (4.1)*

15,847 (5.1)

Diabetes

Yes

162 (22.1)

567 (20.4)

394 (23.1)**

122 (22.1)

138 (21.1)

664 (20.6)

64,412 (20.4)

Difficulty

Yes

379 (50.9)**

1,334 (47.5)**

816 (47.6)*

306 (54.8)**

402 (61.4)**

1,415 (43.9)

142,992 (45.0)

Joint pain

Yes

377 (50.9)

1,603 (57.2)**

827 (48.1)**

319 (57.4)*

311 (47.4)*

1,498 (46.2)**

165,509 (52.1)

UI

Yes

280 (37.9)

1,296 (46.5)**

635 (37.1)

299 (53.9)**

241 (37.0)

1,416 (44.1)**

113,995 (36.2)

MCS

Mean (SD)

49.5 (10.9)**

51.1 (10.6)

50.1 (10.7)*

51.5 (10.7)**

46.3 (12.2)**

51.0 (10.6)

50.7 (10.8)

PCS

Mean (SD)

37.0 (11.6)**

37.3 (12.0)**

37.6 (11.8)**

36.4 (12.1)**

31.7 (11.4)**

39.4 (11.9)*

39.0 (12.2)

Time since cancer diagnosis

<2years

213 (28.4)

567 (20.0)

392 (22.5)

66 (11.7)

342 (51.7)

716 (22.0)

N/A

2-5years

172 (23.0)

614 (21.7)

403 (23.2)

62 (11.0)

110 (16.6)

811 (24.9)

N/A

≥5years

364 (48.6)

1,647 (58.2)

944 (54.3)

434 (77.2)

210 (31.7)

1,731 (53.1)

N/A

  1. 1Two-tailed p-value for chi-squared test, comparing distribution of covariate of cancer group to no cancer group where applicable, or t-test for HRQoL scores.
  2. * p <0.05.
  3. ** p <0.01.