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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2016 Oct 13;19(6):659–666. doi: 10.1038/gim.2016.161

Table 1. Description of Study Sample.

Sociodemographic Variable Total N Percentage
Gender Female 215 72.9
Male 80 27.1

Marital Status Married 226 77.4
Not married 66 22.6

Highest Level of Education High School/GED 57 19.5
Some College 66 22.6
College Degree 102 34.9
Post-Graduate 67 22.9

Race Caucasian 277 94.2
Not Caucasian 17 5.8

Ethnicity Hispanic 8 2.8
Not Hispanic 273 97.2

Annual Household Income <$25,000 25 9.3
$25,000-49,999 45 16.8
$50,000-74,999 69 25.7
$75,000-99,999 36 13.4
>$100,000 93 34.7

Current Insurance Status Insurance 267 91.4
No Insurance 25 8.6

Country of Residence U.S. 231 78.6
Outside U.S. 63 21.4

Parental Status Yes 227 76.7
No 69 23.3

Child's HHT Status Yes 29 12.8
No/Unknown 198 87.2

Demographic Variable Mean (SD) Range

Age (years) 49.5 (±13.7) 18-82

Years since HHT Diagnosis 29.25 (±14.6) 0-69

Recruitment Source* Total N (%)

HHT Foundation direct mailing 100 (31.7)

HHT Foundation email notification (E-blast) 82 (26.0)

HHT Foundation website 77 (24.4)

Family Member 33 (10.5)

Facebook “HHT Awareness” Group 17 (5.4)

HHT Clinic 4 (1.3)

Friend 2 (0.6)
*

Note: N=315; five participants did not report source of recruitment