Table 1.

Study characteristics including neighborhood and individual-level psychosocial factors

	All centers	UPenn	OSU	UTMB	P^a
Population characteristics
Total population (N)	1,488	100	108	1280
Median TL (kb)^b	6.4 (4.3–8.3)	8.7 (4.2–11.8)	6.3 (5.1–7.9)	6.3 (4.2–8.3)	0.0001
Median age^b	51 (38–63)	58 (53–63)	30 (26–43)	51 (38–64)	0.0001
Male gender (%)	41.2	100	0	40.1	0.0001
Cancer diagnosis (%)	15.7	100	0	10.5	<0.001
Ever cigarette smokers (%)	51.0	57.4	42.3	51.2	0.08
Race (%)
Non-Hispanic white	45.6	89.0	98.2	37.8
African American	9.4	11.0	1.8	9.9
Hispanic	45.0	0	0	52.3	<0.001
Education (%)
>High school	37.0	72.3	11.7	31.8
High school/GED	29.8	23.7	23.4	30.8
<High school	33.2	4.0	64.9	37.4	<0.001
Median total perceived stress^c	19 (17–22)	20 (18–22)	22 (19–24)	19 (16–22)	0.0001
Median depressive symptoms^c	6 (1–15)	8 (3–13)	12 (7–22)	5 (0–14)	0.0001
Neighborhood factors
Median NSES index	−0.11 (−0.68–0.48)	0.80 (0.38–1.11)	−0.35 (−0.61 to −0.17)	−0.11 (−0.68–0.48)	0.0001
Median population density [population/square (sq) mile]	3,857.3 (1,694–5,101)	2,305.8 (1,221–5,132)	54.9 (40–126)	4,405.8 (1,694–5,101	0.0001
Median urban crowding (housing units/sq. mile)	1,755.8 (695–1,833)	952.8 (455–2,086)	24.9 (18.2–53.1)	1,755.8 (695–1,833)	0.0001
Residential crowding (%)
Median % households that are crowded (people per room >1)	2.6 (0.6–11)	0.5 (0–1.0)	1.1 (0.4–2.0)	3.6 (2.7–11.3)	0.0001
Residential stability (%)
Median % living in the same house for the past year	86.7 (78–91)	90.3 (87–93)	86.9 (82–89)	79.0 (79–91)	0.0001
Residential mobility (%)
Median % moved within the same state (not county) as of one year ago	2.9 (1.2–2.9)	1.7 (0.71–3.3)	2.3 (1.4–3.9)	2.9 (1.2–2.9)	0.02

↵^aP values comparing characteristics across each of the three centers using Kruskal–Wallis test or Fisher exact test. Range from low to high for Depression (0–60) and Perceived Stress Scale (0–40).
↵^bMedians (IQR for the median).
↵^cRange from low to high for Depression (0–60) and Perceived Stress Scale (0–40).