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. 2023 Nov 19;2:100844. doi: 10.1016/j.gimo.2023.100844

Table 2.

Multivariable models of the relationship between racial segregation and genetic knowledge and communication about family history

Predictors Genetic knowledge (n = 409)
Communication about family history with family (n = 425)
Communication about family history with a doctor (n = 422)
Past
Current
Past
Current
Past
Current
β (95% CI) β (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Number of White environments
0/1 (ref.)
2+ 0.65 (0.20, 1.11)a −0.06 (−0.39, 0.27) 1.35 (0.41, 6.15) 0.52 (0.22, 1.22) 0.54 (0.19, 1.71) 0.69 (0.29, 1.64)
Race
 White (ref.)
 Black 0.22 (−0.23, 0.67) −0.40 (−0.70, −0.11)a 2.03 (0.64, 8.98) 1.05 (0.54, 2.15) 0.61 (0.22, 1.84) 0.76 (0.37, 1.61)
Age −0.01 (−0.021, −0.003)a −0.01 (−0.019, −0.002)a 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.01 (0.98, 1.03)
Educational attainment
 Less than HS (ref.)
 HS/GED −0.01 (−0.30, 0.28) −0.04 (−0.33, 0.26) 1.38 (0.71, 2.81) 1.39 (0.71, 2.83) 1.13 (0.57, 2.31) 1.14 (0.58, 2.32)
 Some college or above 0.33 (0.03, 0.62)a 0.31 (0.01, 0.60)a 1.11 (0.55, 2.29) 1.16 (0.58, 2.39) 1.19 (0.59, 2.46) 1.21 (0.61, 2.50)
Household income
 $20,000 or more (ref.)
 Less than $20,000 −0.07 (−0.28, 0.15) −0.06 (−0.27, 0.16) 1.25 (0.74, 2.14) 1.26 (0.75, 2.18) 1.56 (0.90, 2.80) 1.57 (0.90, 2.84)
REALM-R
 Adequate health literacy (ref.)
 Limited health literacy −0.50 (−0.72, −0.28)a −0.51 (−0.74, −0.29)a 1.25 (0.76, 2.06) 1.19 (0.73, 1.96) 2.22 (1.32, 3.76)a 2.22 (1.32, 3.76)a
Multiple White environments × Black −0.82 (−1.36, −0.28)a 0.01 (−0.45, 0.48) 1.12 (0.22, 4.32) 4.40 (1.49, 13.06)a 2.71 (0.73, 9.27) 3.47 (1.15, 10.35)a

Black, Black including multi-racial; CI, confidence interval; GED, general equivalency diploma; HS, high school; OR, odds ratio; ref., reference group; REALM-R, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Revised; White, non-Hispanic White.

a

P < .05.