Table 3.
Information sharing post-disclosure
| 3 months post-disclosure | 6 months post-disclosure | |||||
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| Information Sharing | CRS n=100 (%) | GRS n=103 (%) | P-value | CRS n=100 (%) | GRS n=103 (%) | P-value |
| Have you discussed your CHD risk with others? | 77 (77) | 93 (90) | 0.02 | 76 (76) | 93 (90) | 0.01 |
| Who did you talk to about your results? | ||||||
| A. Friends | 28 (28) | 36 (34) | 0.30 | 28 (28) | 40 (38) | 0.10 |
| B. Family members | 83 (83) | 97 (94) | 0.02 | 84 (84) | 91 (88) | 0.26 |
| C. Co-workers | 13 (13) | 22 (21) | 0.08 | 10 (10) | 21 (20) | 0.03 |
| D. Other | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 0.67 | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 0.31 |
| Did you share your CHD risk with your: | ||||||
| Parents? | 18 (18) | 18 (18) | 0.95 | 19 (19) | 23 (22) | 0.52 |
| Siblings? | 35 (35) | 48 (46) | 0.10 | 37 (37) | 54 (52) | 0.03 |
| Spouse? | 76 (76) | 79 (77) | 0.88 | 73 (73) | 80 (78) | 0.36 |
| Children? | 47 (47) | 54 (52) | 0.46 | 46 (46) | 52 (51) | 0.54 |
| Extended family? | 7 (7) | 13 (13) | 0.17 | 5 (5) | 16 (16) | 0.01 |
| Did you share or intend to discuss your results with your primary care provider? | 63 (64) | 77 (75) | 0.07 | 59 (59) | 76 (74) | 0.03 |
| Did you share your results on Facebook? | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0.69 |
| Did you share your results on Twitter? | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 |
| Did you share your results on other social networking services? | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.00 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0.82 |
| Have you encouraged others to be screened for their CHD risk? | 47 (47) | 61 (59) | 0.13 | 47 (47) | 61 (59) | 0.10 |
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| Social Network | CRS n=100 (%) | GRS n=103 (%) | P-value | CRS n=100 (%) | GRS n=103 (%) | P-value |
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| Do you have friends or family members that you talk to about your health? | 83 (83) | 90 (87) | 0.25 | 76 (76) | 88 (85) | 0.08 |
| Do any community organization(s) provide you with health information? | 22 (22) | 23 (23) | 0.43 | 19 (19) | 25 (24) | 0.15 |
Numbers/percentages for the response ‘Yes’ are shown. CHD = coronary heart disease, CRS = conventional risk score, GRS = genetic risk score