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. 2005 May;20(5):432–437. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40281.x

Table 4.

Percent and Adjusted Odds of Participants' Understanding That Their Suspicious or Highly Suggestive of Malignancy (BI-RADS 4 or 5) Mammogram Was Abnormal (N=304)*

Predictor Understood the Mammogram Was Abnormal n (%) of Total Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Participant with BI-RADS 4 or 5 report of mammogram result
 Abnormal 156 (51.3)
 Normal, but needed more tests 23 (7.6)
 Normal 115 (37.8)
 Don't know 10 (3.3)
Ethnicity
 White 84 (51.5) reference
 African-American 37 (52.1) 1.2 (0.6 to 2.3)
 Latina 15 (51.7) 1.4 (0.5 to 4.0)
 Asian 20 (48.8) 1.0 (0.4 to 2.3)
Language of interview
 English 144 (52.0) reference
 Non-English 12 (44.4) 0.6 (0.2 to 2.1)
Method of notification
 In writing 22 (38.6) reference
 In person or by telephone 125 (56.0) 2.3 (1.2 to 4.8)
Participant self-report of any follow-up tests (mammogram, ultrasound, and/or biopsy)
 No 2 (15.4) reference
 Yes 154 (52.9) 11.9 (1.1 to 127.8)
*

Multivariate model includes the above predictors, controlling for age, education, income, insurance status, and clinical site

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BI-RADS, Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System.