Conducting Molecular Epidemiological Research in the Age of HIPAA: A Multi-Institutional Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer in African-American and European-American Women
Table 7
Characteristics of 446 European American controls.
New Jersey
New York
(124)
%
(322)
%
Age at interview1
40
23
18.6
36
11.2
40–59
89
71.8
232
72.1
60
12
9.7
54
16.8
Highest grade of school completed
Less than 11th grade
1
0.8
6
1.9
High school graduate or equivalent
8
6.5
21
6.5
Some college
31
25.2
56
17.4
College graduate
44
35.8
112
34.8
Post-graduate degree
39
31.7
127
39.4
Health insurance (multiple choices possible)
Medicaid
2
1.6
15
4.7
Medicare
1
0.8
6
1.9
Employer-provided insurance1
105
85.4
244
75.8
Pay for insurance out of pocket
12
9.7
37
11.5
I do not have health insurance
6
4.8
17
5.3
Other
3
2.4
18
5.6
BMI
Underweight
1
0.8
13
4.5
Normal
48
41.0
140
48.6
Overweight
34
29.1
65
22.6
Obese
34
29.1
70
24.3
First degree relative with breast cancer
Yes
15
12.1
49
15.2
No
109
87.9
273
84.8
Age at menarche
11
14
11.5
25
7.8
11–13
50
41.0
131
40.9
13
58
47.5
164
51.3
1P < .05, Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate, for differences between states.
