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