Table 5.
Baseline data: Perceived risk of CRC overall and by risk level
| Baseline Question | Overall N (%) |
Risk Level
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|---|---|---|---|
| HNPCC† (165) | High Risk (467) | ||
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| N (%) | |||
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| What do you think your risk of getting CRC is compared to people your age who do NOT have a family history? | |||
| Much higher | 275 (44) | 113 (68) | 162 (35) * |
| A little higher | 241 (38) | 37 (22) | 204 (44) |
| The same | 63 (10) | 6 (4) | 57 (12) |
| A little or much lower | 25 (4) | 6 (4) | 19 (4) |
| Don’t know | 26 (4) | 3 (2) | 23 (5) |
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| How concerned are you about getting colon cancer? | |||
| Very concerned | 132 (21) | 56 (34) | 76 (16) * |
| Moderately concerned | 312 (49) | 76 (46) | 236 (51) |
| Not very/not at all concerned | 170 (27) | 31 (19) | 139 (30) |
| Don’t know | 7 (1) | 1 (1) | 6 (1) |
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| How did the diagnosis of colon cancer in your family make you feel about your own chances of getting CRC? | |||
| My chances were a lot more | 300 (47) | 120 (73) | 180 (39) * |
| My chances were a little more | 250 (40) | 40 (24) | 210 (45) |
| No change/chances were less | 67 (11) | 5 (3) | 62 (13) |
| Don’t know | 12 (2) | 0 | 12 (3) |
†
HNPCC = hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer
*
p<0.001 for difference between risk groups