Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population
| Socio-demographic & health-related variables | N = 597 | % |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 229 | 39 |
| Female | 353 | 61 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 70 | 12 |
| Non-married | 511 | 88 |
| Faculty | ||
| Medicine | 228 | 39 |
| Dentistry | 116 | 20 |
| Medical technology | 164 | 28 |
| Pharmacology | 75 | 13 |
| GPA | ||
| A | 183 | 33 |
| B | 290 | 53 |
| C/D | 78 | 14 |
| General Health | ||
| Excellent | 180 | 31 |
| Very good | 220 | 38 |
| Good | 160 | 28 |
| Fair/Poor | 20 | 4 |
| History of Chronic disease | ||
| No | 528 | 91 |
| Yes | 51 | 9 |
| Family history of inherited disease | ||
| No | 369 | 65 |
| Yes | 200 | 35 |
| Previous hospitalization | ||
| No | 371 | 64 |
| Yes | 208 | 36 |
| Biobanking-related variables | N | % |
| Previous genetic testing | ||
| No | 552 | 95 |
| Yes | 29 | 5 |
| Previous blood testing | ||
| No | 51 | 9 |
| Yes | 531 | 91 |
| Previous tissue testing | ||
| No | 486 | 84 |
| Yes | 92 | 16 |
| Previous blood donation | ||
| No | 415 | 72 |
| Yes | 163 | 28 |
| Previous tissue donation | ||
| No | 565 | 98 |
| Yes | 13 | 2 |
| Involvement in medical research | ||
| No | 319 | 55 |
| Yes | 257 | 45 |