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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Per Med. 2013 Nov;10(8):10.2217/pme.13.85. doi: 10.2217/pme.13.85

Table 2.

Questions assessing pharmacogenomics knowledge†.

Questions assessing knowledge Correct
answer		 Answering
‘correct’; n (%)		 Answering
‘incorrect’; n (%)		 Answering ‘do
not know’; n (%)
Subtle differences in a person’s genome can have a major impact on how the person responds to medications True 539 (93) 0 (0) 41 (7)
Genetic determinants of drug response change over a person’s lifetime False 155 (27) 234 (40) 191 (33)
Genetic variations can account for as much as
95% of the
variability in a drug disposition and effects		 True 305 (53) 48 (8) 227 (39)
The package insert for warfarin includes a warning about
altered metabolism in individuals who have specific genetic
variants		 True 268 (46) 37 (6) 275 (47)
Pharmacogenetic diagnostic testing is currently available for most medications False 331 (57) 28 (5) 221 (38)
†

Knowledge questions adapted from [13].