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. 2012 May 9;3(4):285–295. doi: 10.1007/s12687-012-0097-x

Table 3.

Associations between respondent characteristics and perceived familiarity with and importance of FHH

Familiarity with FHH (N = 1,240) Importance of FHH (N = 1,254) High familiarity and importance (N = 1,240)
β t P value β t p value OR 95% CI
Age 18–25 years −0.089* −2.434 0.015 0.036 1.004 0.316 0.779 (0.523, 1.159)
Age 26–35 years −0.059 −1.676 0.094 −0.027 −0.775 0.439 0.784 (0.535, 1.148)
Age 36–49 years −0.028 −0.827 0.408 0.000 −0.010 0.992 0.897 (0.618, 1.303)
Female 0.014 0.530 0.596 0.044 1.606 0.109 1.436* (1.081, 1.908)
Black −0.029 −0.920 0.358 −0.118*** −3.672 <0.001 0.593** (0.429, 0.820)
Hispanic −0.017 −0.484 0.628 −0.046 −1.322 0.186 0.773 (0.531, 1.125)
Other race −0.014 −0.465 0.642 −0.056 −1.802 0.072 0.699 (0.443, 1.102)
High school or GED 0.050 1.101 0.271 −0.034 −0.730 0.465 1.201 (0.762, 1.893)
Some college 0.078 1.782 0.075 −0.004 −0.083 0.933 1.495 (0.935, 2.391)
College degree 0.153*** 3.918 <0.001 −0.004 −0.089 0.929 1.997** (1.168, 3.414)
Born in USA 0.015 0.504 0.615 0.016 0.541 0.589 1.156 (0.838, 1.594)
Reach of family health communication 0.153*** 5.674 <0.001
Importance of genetic information 0.128*** 4.608 <0.001 0.106*** 3.861 <0.001 1.432 *** (1.216, 1.686)
Belief about genetic causation 0.116*** 4.117 <0.001 1.254*** (1.115, 1.411)
Genetic self-efficacy 0.140*** 5.116 <0.001 0.233*** 8.402 <0.001 1.676*** (1.463, 1.920)
FHH heart disease (immediate family) 0.067* 2.297 0.022

Reference categories: less than high school, White, Age 50+ years

Standard coefficients are reported; high familiarity = very/mostly familiar vs. somewhat/a little bit/not at all; high importance = strongly agree vs. somewhat agree/neither agree or disagree/somewhat disagree/strongly disagree

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001