Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics by participant status (n = 831)
From: Association of genetic ancestry with colorectal tumor location in Puerto Rican Latinos
| Characteristic |
Control (n = 425) n (%) |
CRC (n = 406) n (%) | p value** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at recruitment | |||
| < 60 years | 293 (68.9) | 198 (48.8) | < 0.001 |
| ≥ 60 years | 132 (31.1) | 208 (51.2) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 120 (28.2) | 211 (52.0) | < 0.001 |
| Female | 305 (71.8) | 195 (48.0) | |
| Educational levela | |||
| ≥ 12 years | 155 (61.0) | 123 (43.0) | < 0.001 |
| < 12 years | 99 (39.0) | 163 (57.0) | |
| Marital statusa | |||
| Single/divorced/widowed | 86 (35.4) | 75 (32.5) | 0.50 |
| Married | 157 (64.6) | 156 (67.5) | |
| Health insurancea | |||
| Private | 119 (68.8) | 184 (65.7) | 0.07 |
| Public | 54 (31.2) | 88 (31.4) | |
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.9) | |
| Family history of CRCa | |||
| No | 226 (67.3) | 285 (74.8) | 0.03 |
| Yes | 110 (32.7) | 96 (25.2) | |
| Current drinkera | |||
| No | 263 (63.1) | 286 (78.1) | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 154 (36.9) | 80 (21.9) | |
| Ever smoked 100 cigarettes | |||
| No | 290 (69.71) | 228 (61.96) | 0.02 |
| Yes | 126 (30.29) | 140 (38.04) | |
| BMIa | |||
| < 20 | 11 (2.7) | 14 (3.6) | 0.71 |
| 20–24 | 116 (28.2) | 99 (25.1) | |
| 25–29 | 155 (37.7) | 152 (38.6) | |
| 30 | 129 (31.4) | 129 (32.7) | |
| European ancestry (mean ± SD) | 0.610 ± 0.141 | 0.613 ± 0.122 | 0.82 |
| African ancestry (mean ± SD) | 0.211 ± 0.131 | 0.207 ± 0.118 | 0.89 |
| Amerindian ancestry (mean ± SD) | 0.180 ± 0.071 | 0.180 ± 0.071 | 0.63 |