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Table 5.

Multivariate analysis

Task	Factors predictive of doing it oneself	Wald score	P
Taking a family history	Country	193.05	<0.005
Explaining the inheritance pattern	Country	25.68	<0.005
	Age	7.12	0.008
	Quality of undergraduate education	12.60	<0.005
Explaining the risk to Mr Smith’s children	Country	24.04	<0.005
Explaining the risk to Mr Smith’s children	Quality of undergraduate education	7.12	0.008
Giving information about available gene tests	Quality of undergraduate education	6.29	0.012
	Gender	4.59	0.032
	Age	6.40	0.011
Informing Mr Smith of the implications if no mutation were to be found	Country	93.09	<0.005
	Gender	6.16	0.013
Informing Mr Smith of the implications if a mutation were to be found	Country	31.02	<0.005
	Gender	9.51	0.002
Ordering the genetic test	Country	15.07	0.005
Ordering the genetic test	Gender	7.22	0.007
Explaining the test result	Country	29.24	<0.005
Explaining the test result	Gender	15.05	<0.005
Explaining the implications of the test result for the children	Country	19.51	0.001
	Gender	7.93	0.005