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 6
Characteristics of 412 African American controls.
New Jersey
New York
(63)
%
(349)
%
Age at interview
40
11
17.5
30
8.6
40–59
40
63.5
252
72.2
60
12
19.0
67
19.2
Highest grade of school completed1
Less than 11th grade
7
11.1
45
12.9
High school graduate or equivalent
13
20.6
77
22.1
Some college
18
28.6
110
31.5
College graduate
15
23.8
71
20.3
Postgraduate degree
10
15.9
46
13.2
Health insurance (multiple choices possible)
Medicaid
6
9.5
63
18.1
Medicare
3
4.8
14
4.0
Employer-provided insurance
43
69.4
230
65.9
Pay for insurance out of pocket
3
4.8
15
4.3
I do not have health insurance1
4
6.4
25
7.2
Other1
5
7.9
8
2.3
BMI1
Underweight
0
0.0
2
0.6
Normal
15
26.8
54
16.5
Overweight
22
39.3
93
28.4
Obese
19
33.9
179
54.6
First degree relative with breast cancer
Yes
5
7.9
34
9.7
No
58
92.1
315
90.3
Age at menarche
11
6
9.5
35
10.1
11–13
26
41.3
135
38.8
13
31
49.2
178
51.2
1P < .05, Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate, for differences between states.
