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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.