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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Genomics. 2014 Jan 14;17(1):48–60. doi: 10.1159/000356567

Table 1.

Characteristics of Family CARE participants by completion status of the nine-month follow-up survey that assessed interest in predictive SNP testing for colorectal cancer risk

Characteristics Completed
N (%)
Not completed
N (%)
χ2 p-value
Gender 13.86 <.001
 Male 97 (35.7) 97 (53.3)
 Female 175 (64.3) 85 (46.7)
Age, years 3.84 0.147
 <45 84 (30.9) 61 (33.5)
 45–<60 131 (48.2) 96 (52.8)
 ≥60 57 (21.0) 25 (13.7)
Married 5.90 0.015
 Yes 213 (78.3) 124 (68.1)
 No 59 (21.7) 58 (31.9)
Education 5.11 0.078
 High school or less 44 (16.2) 43 (23.6)
 Some college 116 (42.7) 79 (43.4)
 College graduate 112 (41.2) 60 (33.0)
Income 6.54 0.257
 <$30,000 46 (16.9) 32 (17.7)
 $30,000–$49,999 50 (18.4) 39 (21.6)
 $50,000–$69,999 50 (18.4) 20 (11.1)
 ≥$70,000 97 (35.7) 72 (39.8)
 Refused 29 (10.7) 17 (9.4)
Health insurance 0.10 0.753
 Yes 227 (83.5) 149 (82.3)
 No 45 (16.5) 32 (17.7)
Personal healthcare provider 0.30 0.862
 Yes 180 (66.2) 119 (65.4)
 No 92 (33.8) 63 (34.6)
Close relatives with colorectal cancer diagnosis 0.79 0.375
 1 200 (73.8) 141 (77.5)
 ≥1 71 (26.2) 41 (22.5)
Rural/urban status 0.00 0.980
 Urban 211 (77.6) 141 (77.5)
 Rural 61 (22.4) 41 (22.5)
Cancer worry score 0.59 0.743
 Low 66 (24.3) 36 (23.5)
 Moderate 81 (29.8) 51 (33.3)
 High 125 (46.0) 66 (43.1)
Perceived severity 3.83 0.050
 High 216 (79.4) 130 (71.4)
 Low 56 (20.6) 52 (28.6)