. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Cancer. 2011 Jun;10(2):213–223. doi: 10.1007/s10689-011-9425-2

Table 2.

Impact of BRCA1/2 test result on distress outcomes in men

Variable	6-Month outcomes Z scores			12-Month outcomes Z scores
Variable	Cancer-specific distress	General distress	Genetic-testing distress	Cancer-specific distress	General distress	Genetic-testing distress
Associated baseline variable^a	2.76^**	4.97^***	1.13	5.59^***	3.92^***	2.64^**
Age	−2.96^***	−1.56	−0.53	−2.08^*	−1.97^*	−0.51
# Daughters ≤ 18 years	−0.10	−0.66	−0.13	0.62	−0.38	0.60
Jewish ethnicity (vs. not)	0.91	1.69^b	0.17	1.72^b	0.41	−0.06
Employed full-time (vs. not)	−2.31^*	1.15	1.05	−1.37	0.18	−0.86
Annual income ≥ $75,000 (vs. not)	1.02	0.55	2.19^*	0.21	1.04	2.25^*
Study site (GU vs. NY/NJ)	0.79	1.27	−0.95	0.69	1.50	0.49
BRCA1/2 carrier (vs. non-carrier)	−0.95	1.03	4.48^***	0.62	−0.15	2.78^**

We included the baseline variable associated with the specified outcome within the general estimating equation models. For genetic testing distress, we used cancer-specific distress at baseline, as we did not have a baseline measure of genetic testing distress

P < 0.10

P < 0.05;

^**

P < 0.01;

^***

P < 0.001