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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 May 6;21(11):3466–3472. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-3747-x

Table 1. Patient Characteristics (n = 165).

Variable	Category	Total No. of Patients	Percentage of Total Patients
CPM	No	121	73.3
CPM	Yes	44	26.7
Age at diagnosis	≤ 45 years	85	51.5
Age at diagnosis	> 45 years	80	48.5
AJ ethnicity	No	113	68.5
	Unknown	3	1.8
	Yes, maternal side	1	0.6
	Yes, paternal side	40	24.2
	Yes, both sides	8	4.9
Race	Non-AJ white	91	55.2
	AJ white	35	21.2
	Black	8	4.9
	Other	28	17.0
	Unknown	3	1.8
Marital status	Divorced	10	6.1
	Married, living together	127	77.0
	Separated	1	0.6
	Single (never married)	23	13.9
	Widowed	4	2.4
Education	Advanced degree	36	21.8
	College	52	31.5
	Some college/technical school	39	23.6
	High school	21	12.7
	Unknown	17	10.3
First-degree family history of breast cancer	0	99	60.0
First-degree family history of breast cancer	≥ 1	66	40.0
Total No. of relatives with a breast cancer diagnosis	0	40	24.2
Total No. of relatives with a breast cancer diagnosis	≥ 1	125	75.8
First-degree family history of ovarian cancer	0	157	95.1
First-degree family history of ovarian cancer	≥ 1	8	4.9
Total No. of relatives with an ovarian cancer diagnosis	0	139	84.2
Total No. of relatives with an ovarian cancer diagnosis	≥ 1	26	15.7
ER status	Negative	28	17.0
	Positive	108	65.5
	Unknown	29	17.6
PR status	Negative	40	24.2
	Positive	94	57.0
	Unknown	31	18.8
Nuclear grade	I	14	8.5
	II	67	40.6
	III	73	44.2
	Unknown	11	6.7
BRCA result	Positive	17	10.3
	Negative	91	55.1
	Not tested	57	35.0

Abbreviations: CPM, contralateral prophylactic mastectomy; AJ, Ashkenazi Jewish; ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.