Table 1.

Interest in genetic susceptibility testing for chronic diseases among young adults

	Total (%)	Not interested (33 %)	Somewhat interested (47 %)	Very interested (20 %)	P value**
Sex
Male	50	32	50	18	0.21
Female	50	33	44	23
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	60	33	52	15	Ref
Non-Hispanic black	13	30	30	40	<0.001
Hispanic	19	30	40	30	0.01
Non-Hispanic other	8	24	66	10	0.25
Education
High school or less	39	34	40	26	0.16
Some college or association degree	29	35	48	17
≥Bachelor degree	32	29	54	17
Diet
More healthy	33	27	52	21	0.93
Average	43	33	46	21
Less healthy	24	40	41	19
Physical activity
More active	28	28	52	20	0.88
Average	38	34	44	22
Less active	34	35	46	19
Body mass index
<25 kg/m2	38	31	50	19	0.84
25–30 kg/m2	32	37	43	20
≥30 kg/m2	30	30	48	22
Heart disease, diabetes, or stroke family history*
No	64	37	45	18	0.21
Yes	36	26	50	24
ADA risk for diabetes
Low	75	33	46	21	0.92
Medium or high	25	31	49	20

Data are survey-weighted percentages from the 521 respondents except for items with missing data: BMI (n = 519), family history of diabetes (n = 519), family history of heart disease (n = 519), family history of stroke (n = 519), diet (n = 519), and physical activity (n = 520). The survey-weighted mean (standard error) age of the respondents was 27.5 (0.1) years

*P < 0.05 in sample-weighted χ² tests comparing those not interested vs. those somewhat or very interested; **P value corresponds to sample-weighted χ² tests comparing those not interested or somewhat interested vs. those very interested