Table 3.
Interest in Genetic Testing and Research by Special Population Group
| African American (N=9) |
Appalachian (N=10) |
Asian (N=10) |
Latina (N=10) |
Native American (N=10) |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever talked with health professional about genetic test (%) |
22.2 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 0.548 |
| Ever had a blood test to find breast cancer gene (%) |
22.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.109 |
| Would Want to know whether you have breast cancer gene (%) |
88.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 90.0 | 88.9 | 0.528 |
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| Conditional Interest in breast cancer genetic testing (median scores) | ||||||
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| If cost not issue, interested in testing if family historya |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.642 |
| Interested if it cost $200 to 500b | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.099 |
| Interested if it cost $501 to 1000b | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 0.013 |
| Interested if it cost $1001 to 2000b | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.027 |
| Interested if it cost over $2000b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.041 |
| Be in study about genes and breast cancerb |
3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.618 |
| Give blood so scientists could study cancerb |
3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.355 |
a
1=Not at all interested; 2=Somewhat interested; 3=Very interested
b
1=Definitely no; 2=Probably no; 3=Probably yes; 4=Definitely yes
*
Two-sided p-value from Fisher’s Exact Test or Kruskal-Wallis H comparison of mean ranks