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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Aug;10(4):e001613. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001613

Table 3.

Information sharing post-disclosure

3 months post-disclosure 6 months post-disclosure

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

Social Network CRS n=100 (%) GRS n=103 (%) P-value CRS n=100 (%) GRS n=103 (%) P-value

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