Table 3.
Comparison of Those Who Would and Those Who Would Not Have Genetic Testing with Regard to Demographic and Categorical Hereditary Cancer Risk Variables
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Not have test/not sure |
Would have test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n (%)a | n (%)a | χ2 | df | p |
| Gender (n=91) | |||||
| Female | 17 (56.7) | 20 (32.8) | 4.75 | 1 | 0.029b |
| Male | 13 (43.3) | 41 (67.2) | |||
| Employment status (n=90)c | |||||
| Employed | 5 (16.6) | 26 (43.3) | 6.23 | 1 | 0.012b |
| Unemployed/retired | 25 (83.3) | 34 (56.7) | |||
| Education level (n=90)c | |||||
| High school or less | 13 (43.3) | 18 (30.0) | 1.57 | 1 | 0.210 |
| At least some college | 17 (56.7) | 42 (70.0) | |||
| Tumor Stage (n=86)c | |||||
| Stage 0 or 1 | 10 (35.7) | 13 (22.4) | 4.34 | 2 | 0.114 |
| Stage 2 | 11 (39.3) | 17 (29.3) | |||
| Stage 3 or 4 | 7 (25.0) | 28 (48.3) | |||
| Perceived relative risk (n=82)c | |||||
| Lower than others | 10 (35.7) | 7 (13.0) | 6.88 | 2 | 0.032b |
| Equal to others | 13 (46.4) | 27 (50.0) | |||
| Higher than others | 5 (17.9) | 20 (37.0) | |||
| Risk justifies genetic test (n=91) | |||||
| Yes | 5 (16.6) | 47 (77.0) | 29.94 | 1 | <0.001b |
| No/uncertain | 25 (83.3) | 14 (23.0) | |||
| Empiric risk for hereditary CRC (n=91) | |||||
| Medium to high | 16 (53.3) | 21 (34.4) | 2.98 | 1 | 0.084 |
| Low | 14 (46.7) | 40 (65.6) | |||
a
Column percentages for each variable are adjusted for missing data and may not total 100 due to rounding error.
b
Chi-square test is statistically significant at a two-sided critical alpha level of 0.05.
c
Total number is <91 due to missing responses.
CRC, colorectal cancer.