Cancer-Specific Stress and Mood Disturbance: Implications for Symptom Perception, Quality of Life, and Immune Response in Women Shortly after Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Table 1

Participant characteristics (𝑁=100).

Variable	Mean (SD)	n (%)
Age (years)	48.8 (8.5)
Education
High school and other		30 (30.0)
Bachelor’s degree/some college		51 (51.0)
Some graduate school/graduate degree		19 (19.0)
Ethnicity
African American		23 (23.0)
Native American		2 (2.0)
Caucasian		75 (75.0)
Marital status
Single		6 (6.0)
Married or living as married		73 (73.0)
Separated/divorced/widowed		19 (19.0)
Missing		1 (1.0)
Menopausal status
Premenopause		30 (30.0)
Postmenopause		56 (56.0)
Perimenopause		14 (14.0)
Missing		10 (10.0)
Body mass index	28.6 (6.2)
19–24.9		33 (33.0)
25–29.9		24 (24.0)
30–46.6		33 (33.0)
Missing		10 (10.0)
Stage (TNM classification)
I		24 (24.0)
IIA		42 (42.0)
IIB		14 (14.0)
IIIA-IV		17 (17.0)
Missing		3 (3.0)
Estrogen/progesterone receptor
+/+		69 (69.0)
−/−		22 (22.0)
Mixed		2 (2.0)
Missing		7 (7.0)