Table 2.

Participant-Predicted Change in Motivation for Lifestyle Modification and Medication Initiation in Response to Hypothetical Low-Risk Genetic Testing Results for Diabetes

		Lifestyle Modification		Medication Use to Prevent Diabetes
	n		Pa		Pa
Age
< 60	95	0	0.02	−1	< 0.001
≥ 60	80	1		0
Sex
Male	107	0	0.95	0	0.62
Female	68	0.5		0
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	149	0	< 0.001	0	0.73
Nonwhite	22	1.5		0
Education
≤ 12th grade or GED	34	1	0.40	0b	0.09
At least some college	141	0		0
Body mass index
< 35	105	0	0.61	0	0.75
≥ 35	70	0.5		0
Income
< $50,000	59	1	0.15	0b	0.04
≥ $50,000	116	0		0
Family history
No	79	0	0.31	0	0.13
Yes	96	1		0
Risk perception
Low	56	1	0.047	0	0.69
High	118	0		0
Motivation to prevent diabetes
Low	58	0	0.01	0	0.64
High	117	1		0
Health literacy
High	160	0	0.04	0	0.11
Low	14	1.5		0
Genetic literacy
High	108	0	0.02	−0.5	0.003
Low	66	1		0
Health numeracy
High	118	0	0.02	0	0.04
Low	57	1		0b

Note: Data presented are median change in motivation for each group: –2, much less motivated; –1, somewhat less motivated; 0, no change in motivation; 1, somewhat more motivated; 2, much more motivated. Bold font indicates statistical significance.

^aP values correspond to Wilcoxon rank sum tests.

^bGroup with higher distribution of responses.