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. 2014 Oct 23;147(4):979–988. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0797

TABLE 3 ] .

Demographic Variables Comparing Participants Receptive and Not Receptive to Genetic Sample Collection

Survey Elementsa Genetic Sample Collection P Value
Receptive Nonreceptive
Female sex (1,613) 950 (71.3) 210 (75.0) .234
Age, median (IQR), y (1,613) 52 (43-63) 50 (37-60) < .001
Current health status .023
 Excellent 179 (13.4) 49 (17.6)
 Very good 414 (31.1) 90 (32.2)
 Good 367 (27.6) 86 (30.8)
 Fair 233 (17.5) 39 (14.0)
 Poor 137 (10.3) 15 (5.4)
Serious or chronic medical illness (1,609) 780 (58.6) 128 (45.9) < .001
Ever participated in research study? (1,600) 498 (37.6) 71 (25.6) < .001
Hispanic or Latino (1,607) 62 (4.7) 16 (5.7) .234
Race (1,579) < .001
 Black/American 183 (13.7) 90 (32.7)
 White 1,046 (78.8) 159 (57.8)
 Otherb 99 (7.4) 26 (9.4)
Education (1,610) .078
 Did not complete high school 100 (7.5) 25 (9.0)
 High school graduate or equivalent 296 (22.2) 62 (22.2)
 Some college 367 (27.6) 95 (34.0)
 College graduate 262 (19.7) 39 (14.0)
 Some graduate school 67 (5.0) 17 (6.1)
 Graduate degree 239 (18.0) 41 (14.7)
Annual income, $ (1,471) .007
 < 20,000 221 (18.8) 57 (24.2)
 20,001-40,000 280 (23.8) 65 (27.5)
 40,001-60,000 249 (21.2) 58 (24.6)
 60,001-80,000 161 (13.7) 19 (8.0)
 80,001-100,000 265 (22.5) 37 (15.7)
Religiosity (1,601) .610
 Not religious 153 (11.6) 27 (9.7)
 Somewhat religious 610 (46.1) 127 (45.7)
 Very religious 560 (42.3) 124 (44.6)
Trust your doctor (1,529) < .001
 Completely 992 (76.9) 148 (66.4)
 Somewhat 279 (21.6) 62 (27.8)
 A little/not at all 19 (1.5) 13 (5.8)
Subpopulation (1,613) .006
 Ambulatory 991 (84.3) 185 (15.7)
 Surrogate decision-maker 342 (78.3) 95 (21.7)

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated. See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.

a

Numbers in parentheses refer to participants analyzed for survey element.

b

Includes Asian, American Indian, and other races.