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. 2009 May 20;24(7):822–828. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1009-6

Table 3.

Characteristics of Women at High Versus average risk of HBOC

  High risk* n = 341 (%) Average risk n = 34,775 (%) Chi-squared statistic p-value
Age <0.001
 18-30 7.0 23.8
 31-50 22.8 40.2
 51-70 40.5 24.7
 71+ 29.8 11.3
Race 0.24
 White 86.1 81.2
 Black 9.0 12.3
 Asian 2.1 3.4
 Other 2.8 3.1
Hispanic ethnicity 4.8 11.3 <0.001
Highest education completed 0.08
 <8th grade 8.6 6.0
 Some high school 9.9 10.8
 High school/GED 35.4 30.3
 Some college or Associates degree 27.6 29.6
 Bachelor’s degree or higher 18.5 23.3
Income <100% federal poverty level 14.2 18.0 0.07
Has usual source of care 93.5 89.8 0.07
Visited health professional in last 12 months (yes) 91.5 89.4 0.31
Clinical breast exam 82.1 61.1 <0.001
Ever mammogram 80.8 51.9 <0.001
History of other cancer (yes) 12.1 5.3 <0.001

*High risk is defined as meeting at least one criterion from any one guideline in Table 2

Average risk is defined as not meeting any criteria from any guideline in Table 2