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. 2009 Nov 26;13(6):336–344. doi: 10.1159/000262328

Table 2.

Physicians offering genetic screening/testing by respondent characteristic

Characteristic All respondents (n = 965)
Saw black patient (n = 494)
Saw white patient (n = 471)
offered screening/testing (n = 297) p value offered screening/testing (n = 173) p value offered screening/testing (n = 124) p value
Gender
 Male 28.28 (183) 0.0182 30.84 (99) 0.0080 25.77 (84) 0.7329
 Female 35.76 (113) 42.77 (74) 27.27 (39)
Number of years since residency completion
 <5 37.99 (68) 0.0314 45.26 (43) 0.0062 29.76 (25) 0.6724
 5–15 31.43 (110) 38.60 (66) 24.58 (44)
 >15 27.29 (119) 28.07 (64) 26.44 (55)
In university, teaching or residency training environment
 Yes 39.46 (103) 0.0002 49.22 (63) <0.0001 30.08 (40) 0.1708
 No 26.89 (171) 29.70 (98) 23.86 (73)
Time spent with patients
 15–30% 26.25 (21) 0.0201 39.47 (15) 0.0438 14.29 (6) 0.1444
 31–60% 41.76 (38) 50.00 (26) 30.77 (12)
 61–90% 33.04 (111) 36.59 (60) 29.65 (51)
 >90% 26.60 (100) 29.65 (59) 23.16 (41)

Figures are percentages with numbers in parentheses. 28% of male physicians offered screening/testing. 31% of male physicians that saw the black patient offered screening/testing. 26% of male physicians that saw the white patient offered screening/testing. Not all physicians answered all survey items.