Table 2.

Association Between Patient Characteristics and Hereditary Cancer Risk

Category	na	Average/Moderate Genetic Risk (n=34) (%)	Strong Genetic Risk (n=9) (%)	p-Valueb
Awareness of Genetic Testing
Almost nothing	22	54.6	44.4	0.714
At least some	20	45.4	55.6
Awareness of DNA Banking
Almost nothing	26	66.7	66.7	1.000
At least some	13	33.3	33.3
Educational Background
Up to college	30	60.0	66.7	1.000
At least college	9	40.0	33.3
Annual Income
<$15,000	10	21.4	44.4	0.127
$15,000–$34,999	10	35.7	0.00
$35,000–$74,999	11	25.0	44.4
$75,000+	6	17.9	11.1
Race/Ethnicityc
African American	20	48.3	66.7	0.454
Caucasian	18	51.7	33.3
Patient Age (mean)	54.6 years	55.1 years	52.9 years	0.717d

^aTotal within categories may be less than 43 because of missing data

^bFisher’s exact test

^cOne participant who reported “Other” race was excluded from this analysis

^dT-test