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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data based on financial status

From: Association of financial status and the quality of life in Chinese women with recurrent ovarian cancer

Variables

Overall

(n = 123)

Financial status

 

Low (n = 20)

Fair (n = 47)

Good (n = 56)

P

Age

53.4 ± 9.3

51.5 ± 10.1

53.7 ± 9.8

53.9 ± 8.6

0.585

BMI

21.1 ± 1.3

21.0 ± 1.5

21.2 ± 1.4

21.0 ± 1.1

0.737

Marital status

  Married

113 (91.9%)

17 (85.0%)

42 (89.4%)

54 (96.4%)

0.438

  Singlea

10 (8.1%)

3 (15%)

5 (10.6%)

2 (3.6%)

 

Education

 Junior high school or lower

86 (78.0%)

19 (95.0%)

39 (83.0%)

38 (67.9%)

0.025

 Senior high school or above

27 (22.0%)

1 (5.0%)

8 (17.0%)

18 (32.1%)

 

Occupation

 Farmer or housewife

46 (37.4%)

17 (85.0%)

22 (46.8%)

7 (12.5%)

<0.0001

 Factory worker

15 (12.2%)

3 (15.0%)

6 (12.8%)

6 (10.7%)

 

 Enterprise employee

20 (16.3%)

 

3 (6.4%)

17 (30.4%)

 Self-employed

7 (5.7%)

 

2 (4.2%)

5 (8.9%)

 Retired

35 (28.5%)

 

14 (29.8%)

21 (37.5%)

Insurance type

 Urban medical insurance

75 (61.0%)

3 (15.0%)

19 (40.4%)

53 (94.6%)

<0.0001

 Rural medical insurance

48 (39.0%)

17 (85.0%)

28 (59.6%)

3 (5.4%)

 

Surgery

23 (18.7%)

4 (20.0%)

9 (19.1%)

10 (17.9%)

0.972

Number of recurrences

 1

80 (65.0%)

15 (75.0%)

31 (66.0%)

34 (60.7%)

0.509

 2–10

43 (35.0%)

5 (25.0%)

16 (34.0%)

22 (39.3%)

 

Recurrence interval

  ≤ 12 months

74 (60.2%)

12 (60.0%)

27 (57.4%)

35 (62.5%)

0.451

 12–90 months

49 (39.8%)

8 (40.0%)

20 (42.6%)

21 (37.5%)

 

Site of recurrence

 Pelvic

27 (22.0%)

6 (30.0%)

9 (19.1%)

12 (21.4%)

0.380

 Abdominal

41 (33.3%)

3 (15.0%)

19 (40.4%)

19 (33.9%)

 

 Distant metastasis

55 (44.7)

11 (55.0%)

19 (40.4%)

25 (44.7%)

Chemotherapy

 Paclitaxel plus Carboplatin

36 (29.3%)

6 (30.0%)

14 (29.8%)

16 (28.6%)

0.969

 Docetaxel plus Carboplatin

34 (27.6%)

5 (25.0%)

11 (23.4%)

18 (32.1%)

 

 Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin

33 (26.8%)

5 (25.0%)

14 (29.8%)

14 (25.0%)

 Othersb

20 (16.3%)

4 (20.0%)

8 (17.0%)

8 (14.3%)

  1. aincluding unmarried, divorced or widowed
  2. bchemotherapies with FOLFOX; or Cisplatin plus Topotecan, or Cisplatin plus Liposomal doxorubicin