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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2012 Mar 14;196(1):52–56. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.005

Table 3.

Distribution of Risk Descriptors Applied to the Same Absolute Number: Comparison Between Scenario A and Scenario B, stratified by affected individuals and relatives

Scenario A Scenario B
Frequency of Response Frequency of Response
Total Affected Individuals Relatives Total Affected Individuals Relatives
1% risk estimate
 Very low 65 19 46 9 4 5
 Quite low 49 19 30 11 4 7
 Moderate 26 14 12 10 4 6
 Quite high 7 3 4 0 0 0
 Very high 3 1 2 0 0 0
10% risk estimate
 Very low 10 7 3 2 1 1
 Quite low 30 12 18 37 15 22
 Moderate 28 15 13 56 24 32
 Quite high 9 7 2 18 3 15
 Very high 5 3 2 9 5 4
25% risk estimate
 Very low 1 1 0 0 0 0
 Quite low 9 6 3 6 3 3
 Moderate 25 17 8 45 22 23
 Quite high 5 5 0 30 16 14
 Very high 1 0 1 14 6 8
50%+ risk estimate
 Very low 1 1 0 0 0 0
 Quite low 2 1 1 2 2 0
 Moderate 29 18 11 35 26 9
 Quite high 8 6 2 39 27 12
 Very high 6 5 1 20 12 8