Table 1 Demographic data of the two samples and medical data of the patients
Patient group | Healthy control group | t or χ 2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 665) | (n = 662) | |||
Years of age (SD) | 45.55(6.43) | 44.99(5.63) | 1.682 | 0.093 |
Years of schooling (SD) | 10.18(3.32) | 10.30(3.63) | −0.621 | 0.535 |
Place of residence (%) | 0.217 | 0.641 | ||
Urban | 49.2 | 50.8 | ||
Rural | 50.5 | 49.5 | ||
Marital status (%) | 2.612 | 0.271 | ||
Married | 94.1 | 95.2 | ||
Widowed | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
Divorced | 4.1 | 2.6 | ||
Employment status (%) | 2.228 | 0.328 | ||
Employed | 77.0 | 77.8 | ||
Housewife | 17.9 | 18.7 | ||
Retired | 5.1 | 3.5 | ||
Stage (%) | ||||
I | 14.8 | |||
II | 85.2 | |||
Weeks since diagnosis (SD) | 0.35(0.84) | |||
Therapy type (%) | ||||
Mastectomy | 38.0 | |||
Chemotherapy | 13.1 | |||
Mastectomy with chemotherapy | 48.9 |