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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Oct 8;142:109382. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109382

Table 2.

Demographics and sample descriptives (n = 717).

Total %(n) Non-Hispanic Black± Non-Hispanic White± Known BRCA mutation¥ No known BRCA mutation¥
HCP-related
Facilitators
PPR with PCP/WHP > 5 yearsю 47.1 % (334) 40.6 % (99) 50.5 % (235) 54.9 % (78) 45.1 % (256)
Risk Discussion with PCP/WHP∞ 81.7 % (581) 78 % (192) 83.7 % (389) 99.3 % (142) 77.3 % (439)
Seen Specialistα 46.4 % (332) 33.2 % (83) 53.4 % (249) 89.7 % (131) 35.3 % (201)
Screening Concordanceμ
Clinical Breast Exam 67.7 % (462) 59.9 % (145) 72.0 % (317) 93.4 % (127) 61.4 % (335)
Mammography 72.3 % (295) 58.2 % (78) 79.2 % (217) 90.8 % (108) 64.7 % (187)
Breast MRI 34.1 % (159) 17.0 % (26) 42.5 % (133) 76.1 % (108) 15.7 % (51)
Awareness of Preventive Options+
Preventive Mastectomy 84.1 % (601) 75.5 % (188) 88.6 % (413) 86.3 % (126) 83.5 % (475)
Preventive Oophorectomy 62.2 % (440) 47.2 % (116) 70.1 % (324) 89.7 % (130) 55.1 % (310)
Chemoprevention 39.3 % (278) 25.0 % (62) 47.1 % (216) 78.1 % (114) 29.2 % (164)
Race±
Non-Hispanic Black 35.0 % (251) n/a n/a 18.5 % (27) 39.2 % (224)
Non-Hispanic white 65.0 % (466) n/a n/a 81.5 % (119) 60.1 % (347)
BRCA Status¥
Known BRCA Mutation 20.4 % (146) 10.8 % (27) 25.5 % (119) n/a n/a
No Known BRCA Mutation 79.6 % (571) 89.2 % (224) 74.5 % (347) n/a n/a
ю

Participants indicated how long their longest relationship was with a PCP/WHP; 0 = “≤ 5 years”, 1 = “> 5 years”.

∞

Participants indicated whether they had ever discussed BC risk with a PCP/WHP; 0 = ”Never”, 1 = ”A little” or “A lot”.

α

Participants indicated whether they had ever seen a specialist about their BC risk; 0 = ”Never”, 1 = ”At least once”.

μ

Participants who were recommended a given screening modality by NCCN guidelines according to their personalized risk score indicated whether they had undergone a given screening modality in the last year; 0 = ”No”, 1 = ”Yes”.

+

Participants were given definitions of risk-reduction options high-risk women are recommended to be aware of by the NCCN and indicated whether they had ever heard of the option; 0 = ”No”, 1 = ”Yes”.

±

Participants indicated whether they were non-Hispanic Black or non-Hispanic white= ; 0 = ”Non-Hispanic white”, 1 = ”Non-Hispanic Black”.

¥

Participants indicated whether they had ever received genetic testing and learned they had a BRCA mutation; 0 = ”No”, 1 = ”Yes”.