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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2014 Sep 24;164(12):3069–3075. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36763

Table IV.

Adjusted associations of participants’ attitudes about how genetic testing is used.

‘Likely’ that a genetic test would be used……… Odds ratio 95% CI p value
To help you decide to have any, or more, children Income 0.003
 <$35,000 1
 $35,000–$74,999 0.6 0.46–1.93 0.89
 ≥$75,000 0.36 0.19–0.71 0.003
To prevent your family from getting health insurance Congenital Heart Defect 0.003
 HLHS 1
 CoA 4.28 1.26–14.51 0.02
 AS 5.54 1.55–20.04 0.009
 BAV 10.11 2.66–38.41 0.0007
 Other 3.2 0.70–14.51 0.132
To prevent you from getting a new job or promotion Proband Age 0.009
 16–21 years 1
 9–15 years 0.31 0.11–0.82 0.019
 2–8 years 0.24 0.09–0.66 0.006
 0–1 year 0.11 0.03–0.35 0.0002
To allow the government to label certain groups as inferior Proband Age 0.005
 16–21 years 1
 9–15 years 0.39 0.14–1.15 0.088
 2–8 years 0.41 0.14–1.23 0.113
 0–1 year 0.08 0.02–0.39 0.002
To discriminate against certain racial or ethnic groups Proband Age 0.005
 16–21 years 1
 9–15 years 0.29 0.09–0.95 0.040
 2–8 years 0.26 0.08–0.83 0.024
 0–1 year 0.04 0.004-.031 0.002