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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2008 Oct 23;18(2):130–136. doi: 10.1007/s10897-008-9194-8

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics: 1 vs. >1 Relative with AD

Variable 1 relative with AD
(n=163)		 >1 relative with AD
(n=130)		 p-value
Risk perception, % mean ± SD 46.4±23.2 57.8±19.1 <0.001
Age, mean ± SD 59.7±10.8 55.7±10.0 0.001
Sex, n (%) Female 115 (71) 93 (72) 0.853
Race, n (%) White 123 (76) 109 (84) 0.079
Income, n (%) >50 K per year 107 (66) 97 (75) 0.097
Education, n (%) > college 68 (42) 56 (43) 0.269
Belief in genetics as an AD risk factor, n (%) very important 119 (73) 110 (85) 0.017
Serve as a caregiver for a relative with AD, n (%) yes 25 (15) 13 (10) 0.177
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Significant differences (p<0.05) indicated in italic