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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Jun;149A(6):1190–1199. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32840

Table V.

Preferred age for offering carrier testing

All Participants
N= 53		 Carrier
n= 20		 Noncarrier
n= 18		 At-risk
n= 15
Early childhood (0–10 years) 16/ 30% 7/ 35% 8/ 44% 1/ 7%
Preteen (11–13) 10/ 19% 3/ 15% 6/ 33% 1/ 7%
Teen (14- <18) 16/ 30% 6/ 30% 3/ 17% 7/ 47%
≥ 18 year 2/4% 0 0 2/ 13%
Unable to give a specific age/whenever ready 9/ 17% 4/ 20% 1/ 6% 4/ 27%

(Carrier/at-risk p = .012, ridit analysis; Noncarrier/at-risk p=.0016, ridit analysis; No difference carrier/noncarrier (p=0.48, ridit analysis).