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

Table 5.

Percent and Multivariate Odds of Participants' Understanding That Their Abnormal, Probably Benign, or Indeterminate Mammogram (BI-RADS 3 or 0) Was Not Normal (N=666)

Predictor Understood the Mammogram Was Not Normal N (%) of Total Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Participants with BI-RADS 0 or 3 report of mammogram result
 Normal but needed more tests or abnormal 362 (54.4)
 Normal 280 (42.0)
 Don't know 24 (3.6)
Ethnicity
 White 126 (51.6) reference
 African-American 85 (50.3) 0.7 (0.5 to 1.2)
 Latina 94 (61.8) 2.1 (1.1 to 3.8)
 Asian 57 (56.4) 1.8 (1.0 to 3.2)
Language of interview
 English 294 (53.7) reference
 Non-English 68 (57.1) 0.7 (0.3 to 1.4)
Method of notification
 In writing 179 (51.9) reference
 In person or by telephone 159 (58.0) 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7)
Participant self-report of any follow-up tests (mammogram, ultrasound, and/or biopsy)
 No 90 (46.9) reference
 Yes 272 (57.4) 1.5 (1.0 to 2.3)
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Multivariate model includes the above predictors, controlling for age, education, income, insurance status, and clinic/hospital site

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