Health-Related Quality of Life among Women Breast Cancer Patients in Eastern China

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (n=608).

Characteristics	Number	Percentage ()
Age (Mean=48.0, SD=9.6)
<45	220	36.2
45-54	224	36.8
≥55	164	27.0
Residence(house locality)
Rural	299	49.2
Urban	309	50.8
Marital status
Single	27	4.4
Married	539	88.7
Divorced/Widow	42	6.9
Employment status
Urban employee	396	65.1
Peasants	156	25.7
Unemployment	47	7.7
Others	9	1.5
Educational level
Illiteracy or Primary school	200	32.9
Secondary school	128	21.1
High school/technical secondary school	131	21.5
University degree and above	149	24.5
Annual household income (Chinese Yuan, CNY)
<30,000	161	26.5
30,000-80,000	262	43.1
80,001-150,000	153	25.2
>150,000	32	5.2
Metastatic breast cancer state (State M)
Yes	141	23.2
No	467	76.8
TNM Stage
0-I	175	28.8
II	142	23.4
III	218	35.8
IV	73	12.0
Disease duration, months (Mean=38.2, SD=40.9)
≤12	190	31.2
13-36	197	32.4
37-60	112	18.4
≥61	109	18.0
Menopausal Status
Pre-menopausal	274	45.1
Post-menopausal	334	54.9
Type of treatment
Chemotherapy only	288	47.4
Others	320	52.6

Note:
TNM: tumor, node, and metastases classification of malignant tumors.
Exchange rate: according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data (https://data.oecd.org/conversion/exchange-
rates.htm), the average annual exchange rate between US$ and CNY in 2014 was US1 = CNY 6.143, and in 2015 it was US1 = CNY 6.227.