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. 2024 Feb 1;111(3):433–444. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.01.004

Table 2.

Overview of participants by collection type

Total Clinic Community Event At home Missing collection type
n % n % n % n % n %

Enrolled 20,478 100.0 4,618 22.6 2,037 9.9 11,602 56.7 2,221 10.8
Samples collected 14,053 68.6 2,696 58.4 1,397 68.6 8,627 74.4 1,333 60.0
Results returned 13,208 94.0 2,547 94.5 1,320 94.5 8,051 93.3 1,290 96.8
Positive results 137 1.0 23 0.9 20 1.5 89 1.1 5 0.4
Referral made to genetic counselor 106 77.4 19 82.6 16 80.0 69 77.5 2 40.0

Enrolled: total number of individuals who consented; total number consented by type (in clinic, at community event, at home, or missing collection type).

Samples collected: number and proportion of those who enrolled that provided a saliva sample, and the sample was received at the Helix lab (accessioned) (sample collection/enrolled).

Results returned: number and proportion of those who provided a saliva sample (were accessioned) that have had their results returned to their electronic health record at time of data pull (results returned/samples collected).

Positive results: number and proportion of those who provided a saliva sample that received positive results for CDC Tier 1 conditions of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, Lynch syndrome, and familial hypercholesterolemia (positive results/results returned).

Referral made to genetic counselor: number and proportion of those who received positive results for CDC Tier 1 conditions that agreed to a referral to genetic counseling (referral made/positive results).