Table 3. General mental health and cancer specific worry.

	Baseline		3-year follow-up
	Carriers	Non-carriers	Carriers	Non-carriers	P *
GHQ females
Mean (s.d)	2.7 (4.6)	2.6 (3.8)	4.5 (6.3)a	3.7 (5.3)	0.3
Median (range)	0 (0–20)	1 (0–15)	1 (0–27)	1 (0–24)
GHQ males
Mean (s.d)	0.8 (2.6)	1.9 (3.5)	1.6 (3.6)	2.5 (5.1)	0.8
Median (range)	0 (0–11)	0 (0–12)	0 (0–12)	0 (0–17)
GHQ case (⩾10)
n female	6 (12%)	8 (8%)	9 (18%)	16 (17%)	1.0
n male	1 (6%)	2 (10%)	2 (11%)	2 (10%)
CWS-R females
Mean (s.d)	11.7 (3.1)	11.5 (3.4)	10.4(3.6)a	9.3 (2.1)	0.2
Median (range)	11 (6–21)	11 (6–22)	10 (6–21)	9 (6–15)
CWS-R males
Mean (s.d)	Not measured		8.2 (2.0)	8.1 (2.0)
Median (range)			8 (6–13)	8 (6–11)

GHQ with binary scoring and ⩾10 cutoff to indicate cases.

^*Comparison of the change from baseline of carriers vs non-carriers.

^aSignificant change from baseline P=0.03.