Table 2.

Number of consultations needed to decide for RRSO relative to personal and family history (n = 190)

	Mean ± standard deviation number of consultationsa		p valueb
	Absent	Present
Breast cancer in personal medical history	2.29 ± 3.19	2.90 ± 3.02	0.51
Any malignancy in personal medical historyc	2.35 ± 3.24	2.73 ± 2.93	0.67
RRMd in personal medical history	2.11 ± 2.54	3.10 ± 3.90	0.38
Ovarian cancer in 1st degree relative	2.19 ± 2.80	2.96 ± 3.61	0.02
Ovarian cancer in 2nd or 3rd degree relative	2.30 ± 2.90	3.14 ± 3.88	0.33
Breast cancer in 1st degree relative	3.09 ± 3.82	1.90 ± 2.20	<0.01
Breast cancer in 2nd or 3rd degree relative	2.19 ± 2.46	3.02 ± 4.11	0.06

Statistically significant p values are presented in bold

^aWhile ‘number of consultations’ follows a Poisson distribution, results are deliberately presented in means and standard deviations whereas medians and ranges (in integer values) would obscure the subtle differences between groups

^bBased on the non-parametric Mann–Whitney U test

^cExcludes all non-melanoma skin malignancies

^dRisk-reducing mastectomy