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Published in final edited form as: Genet Test. 2008 Mar;12(1):81–91. doi: 10.1089/gte.2007.0037

Table 8.

Gender Differences Regarding Disclosure of Positive Mutation Status

Factor	Number (%)		p-value	OR	CI
Factor	Female	Male	p-value	OR	CI
Need for emotional support is a motivation to share	57/82 (70%)	11/32 (34%)	<0.01	0.22	0.09–059
Experience general difficultly/distress discussing positive BRCA1/2 results	57/82 (70%)	29/32 (91%)	0.03	4.24	1.13–23.50
Experienced emotional difficultly discussing positive BRCA1/2 results	38/80 (48%)	4/32 (13%)	<0.01	6.25	1.92–25.0
Physician recommendation to share test results made it easier to disclose results	52/80 (65%)	13/30 (43%)	0.05	2.44	0.95–6.25