Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the sample

Age at diagnosis - Mean (SD)

29.30 (6.09)

29.09 (6.00)

27.72 (5.99)

32.32 (5.02)

≤.001***

27.76 (6.09)

27.26 (6.24)

28.78 (5.68)

.143

Months since diagnosis - Mean (SD)

11.89 (7.99)

11.78 (7.60)

11.85 (8.48)

11.69 (6.51)

.829

12.22 (9.01)

13.17 (8.97)

10.26 (8.87)

.061

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Partnership^a

391 (67.8)

308 (73.2)

154 (69.1)

154 (77.8)

.044*

83 (54.2)

54 (52.4)

29 (58.0)

.516

Children

184 (31.9)

152 (35.8)

68 (30.5)

84 (41.8)

.015*

32 (21.1)

24 (23.5)

8 (16.0)

.285

Highest educational degree^b

.509

 No educational degree

6 (1.0)

3 (0.7)

3 (1.3)

0

3 (2.0)

3 (3.0)

0

 Basic educational degree (< 10 years)

37 (6.5)

23 (5.5)

13 (5.8)

10 (5.2)

14 (9.2)

9 (8.8)

5 (10.0)

 Secondary educational degree (10 years)

90 (33.2)

128 (32.8)

74 (33.2)

64 (32.2)

52 (34.2)

34 (33.3)

18 (36.0)

 High school degree (> 10 years)

340 (59.3)

257 (61.1)

133 (59.6)

124 (62.6)

83 (54.5)

56 (54.9)

27 (54.0)

n/a

Housing/living conditions^c

≤.001***

.200

 Single

131 (22.7)

95 (23.6)

49 (23.0)

46 (12.2)

36 (24)

20 (19.8)

16 (32.7)

 Living with partner

298 (51.6)

238 (59.1)

110 (51.6)

128 (67.4)

60 (40)

41 (40.6)

19 (38.8)

 Living in parental household

92 (16.6)

51 (12.7)

40 (18.8)

11 (5.8)

41 (27.3)

32 (31.7)

9 (18.4)

 Shared community

32 (5.8)

19 (4.7)

14 (6.6)

5 (2.6)

13 (8.7)

8 (7.9)

5 (10.2)

0

Reproductive Cancer [C50-C57, C62]

251 (43.5)

201 (47.4)

n/a

50 (32.7)

Non-Reproductive Cancer [All other C]

326 (56.5)

223 (52.6)

103 (67.3)

n/a

Cancer diagnosis

n/a

n/a

 [C50] Breast

150 (26.0)

150 (35.4)

0

 [C81] Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

99 (17.2)

66 (15.6)

33 (21.7)

 [C51-C57] Gynecological

51 (8.8)

51 (12.0)

0

 [C62] Testicular

50 (8.7)

0

50 (32.7)

 [C82-C90] Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

42 (7.3)

22 (5.2)

20 (13.2)

 Others

41 (7.1)

24 (5.7)

17 (11.1)

 [C91-C95] Haematological

38 (6.6)

20 (4.7)

16 (10.5)

 [C73] Thyroid

32 (5.5)

30 (7.1)

2 (1.3)

 [C15-C26] Gastrointestinal

29 (5.0)

21 (5.0)

8 (5.2)

 [C40-C41, C46-C49] Sarcoma

26 (4.5)

20 (4.7)

6 (3.9)

 [C43] Melanoma

19 (3.3)

18 (4.2)

1 (0.7)

 Chemotherapy^e

443 (76.8)

310 (73.1)

152 (68.2)

158 (78.6)

.015*

133 (86.9)

91 (88.5)

42 (84)

.454

 Surgery

427 (74.0)

325 (76.6)

139 (62.3)

186 (92.5)

≤.001***

102 (66.7)

54 (52.4)

48 (96)

≤.001***

 Radio and nuclear therapy^e

264 (45.8)

207 (48.8)

92 (41.3)

115 (57.2)

≤.001***

57 (37.3)

56 (54.4)

1 (2)

≤.001***

 Stem Cell/bone marrow transplantation

33 (5.7)

23 (5.5)

21 (9.4)

2 (1.0)

≤.001***

10 (6.6)

9 (8.7)

1 (2)

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