Table 2.
Distribution of demographic and personal characteristics according to perceived risk (verbal scale) for female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry.
| Verbal-scale perceived risk [N (%)] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic and Personal Characteristics | Much below/below average N = 52 |
Same average N = 290 |
Above average N = 548 |
Much above average N = 95 |
| Age at interview * | ||||
| < 40 | 0 (0.0) | 44 (15.2) | 173 (31.6) | 23 (24.2) |
| 40 to 49 | 11 (21.1) | 69 (23.8) | 176 (32.1) | 38 (40.0) |
| 50 to 59 | 16 (30.8) | 98 (33.8) | 136 (24.8) | 27 (28.4) |
| ≥ 60 | 25 (48.1) | 79 (27.2) | 63 (11.5) | 7 (7.4) |
| Education level * | ||||
| High school or less | 25 (48.1) | 103 (35.6) | 121 (22.1) | 22 (23.1) |
| Some college/university/vocational/technical school | 17 (32.7) | 114 (39.5) | 221 (40.3) | 45 (47.4) |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 10 (19.2) | 72 (24.9) | 206 (37.6) | 28 (29.5) |
| Body mass index | ||||
| < 25 | 30 (60.0) | 135 (46.9) | 270 (50.7) | 34 (37.0) |
| 25 to < 30 | 12 (24.0) | 82 (28.5) | 154 (29.0) | 29 (31.5) |
| ≥ 30 | 8 (16.0) | 71 (24.6) | 108 (20.3) | 29 (31.5) |
| Annual frequency of visiting health care facility † | ||||
| Once a year or less | 16 (32.0) | 113 (40.2) | 178 (33.3) | 18 (19.4) |
| 2 to 3 times a year | 23 (46.0) | 108 (38.4) | 219 (41.0) | 45 (48.4) |
| 4 or more times a year | 11 (22.0) | 60 (21.4) | 137 (25.7) | 30 (32.2) |
| History of benign breast disease | ||||
| No | 35 (68.6) | 190 (66.0) | 387 (72.3) | 55 (57.9) |
| Yes | 16 (31.4) | 98 (34.0) | 148 (27.7) | 40 (42.1) |
| Familial breast cancer risk † | ||||
| Low-risk | 24 (46.2) | 145 (50.0) | 288 (52.6) | 41 (43.2) |
| Moderate-risk | 17 (32.7) | 79 (27.2) | 114 (20.8) | 22 (23.2) |
| High-risk | 11 (21.1) | 66 (22.8) | 146 (26.6) | 32 (33.6) |
*
P < 0.0001 for perceived risk much below, below and same average vs. above and much above average
†
P < 0.05 for perceived risk much below, below and same average vs. above and much above average