Table 2.

Prevalence of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Test Awareness, by Selected Characteristics, Among Puerto Rican Adults (n = 611), Health Information National Trends Survey, 2009

Characteristic	Test Awareness		P Valueb
	na	% (95% CI)
Sex
Female	266	63.3 (55.8-70.7)	.01
Male	95	47.3 (35.7-58.9)
Age, y
18-39	69	57.1 (46.0-68.3)	.83
40-59	117	53.7 (42.8-64.7)
≥60	175	56.5 (50.3-62.6)
Marital status
Single, never married	63	47.1 (35.3-59.0)	.03
Married/living together	188	56.9 (48.4-65.4)
Separated/widowed/divorced	100	66.6 (56.4-76.9)
Education
<High school	84	53.4 (43.4-63.4)	.16
High school/vocational diploma	91	46.8 (33.5-60.0)
College or more	174	63.2 (52.0-74.3)
Employed
Yes	103	54.7 (42.1-67.3)	.79
No	248	56.5 (48.6-64.3)
Have health insurance coverage
Yes	345	55.8 (48.1-63.5)	.98
No	16	55.5 (25.6-85.3)
Personal history of cancer
Yes	28	66.0 (47.2-84.8)	.25
No	322	55.2 (47.4-63.0)
Family history of cancer
Yes	228	57.8 (49.5-66.1)	.33
No	122	51.8 (40.1-63.5)
Body mass index, kg/m2
<25.0 (underweight/normal)	130	61.2 (50.8-71.6)	.40
25.0-29.9 (overweight)	119	55.5 (43.8-67.2)
≥30.0 (obese)	96	50.4 (37.9-62.9)
Current smoker
Yes	72	42.9 (33.0-52.8)	.02
No	282	58.0 (49.6-66.4)
Have regular health care provider
Yes	292	58.3 (50.6-66.0)	.20
No	69	48.5 (34.4-62.6)
≥5 Servings fruits or vegetables daily
Yes	70	60.3 (44.8-62.6)	.49
No	291	54.9 (47.2-62.6)
Ever looked for information on health topics
Yes	150	67.0 (57.9-76.2)	.003
No	211	50.2 (41.3-59.1)
Ever looked for cancer information
Yes	122	72.0 (61.2-82.7)	.001
No	239	50.2 (40.8-58.7)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

^a Not all categories add to total for awareness (n = 361) because of missing values.

^b Calculated by using the Pearson χ² test.