Serum Oxidative Stress Markers and Genotoxic Profile Induced by Chemotherapy in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Demographic, medical, and lifestyle data of the patients.

Characteristics	Control group	Breast cancer
Total of patients	28 (100.0)	28 (100.0)
Age in years (mean ± SD)	48.1 ± 11.8	50.8 ± 12.8
Race [ (%)]
Caucasian	20 (71.4)	22 (78.6)
Non-Caucasian	8 (28.6)	6 (21.4)
Menopause [ (%)]
Premenopausal	19 (67.9)	20 (71.4)
Postmenopausal	9 (32.1)	8 (28.6)
Family history of breast cancer [ (%)]
Yes	6 (21.4)	15 (53.6)
No	22 (78.6)	13 (46.4)
Physical exercises [ (%)]
Yes	11 (39.3)	9 (32.1)
No	17 (60.7)	19 (67.9)
Smoker [ (%)]
Never smoked	20 (71.4)	12 (42.9)
Ex-smoker	8 (28.6)	13 (46.4)
Smoking	0 (0.0)	3 (10.7)
Marital status [ (%)]
Single	7 (25.0)	6 (21.4)
Married	16 (57.1)	15 (53.6)
Divorced	1 (3.6)	3 (10.7)
Widow	4 (14.3)	4 (14.3)

SD: standard deviation.