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. 2015 Jun 23;7(1):21–31. doi: 10.1007/s12687-015-0243-3

Table 1.

Participant demographic characteristics

p16-positive
n = 11
p16-negative
n = 13
Overall
N = 24
n % n % n %
Gender Male 5 45 5 38 10 42
Female 6 55 8 62 14 58
Marital status Married 11 100 13 100 24 100
Personal history of melanoma 8 72 0 0 8 33
Median Median Median
Education level Some college Bachelor’s degree Bachelor’s degree
Income $70–79,999 $50,000–59,999 $50–59,999
Age (years) 52.0 36.0 42.0
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Number of prior melanoma diagnosesa 3.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.7
Age (years)b 51.1 14.6 41.1 13.7 45.8 14.8
Number of children ≤18b 1.5 1.8 2.5 1.7 1.9 1.8
Number of children >18b 3.5 3.2 1.4 2.4 2.4 3.0
Number of grandchildren ≤18b 7.5 9.2 2.7 4.9 5.0 7.5
Number of grandchildren >18b 0.09 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.04 0.2

aCalculated for the eight participants who had a personal history of melanoma. All were p16-positive

bCarriers (p16-positive) did not differ significantly from noncarriers (p16-negative) on their age, number of children under age 18, number of children over age 18, number of grandchildren under age 18, and number of grandchildren over age 18 (all ps > 0.05)