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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2012 Jul 19;14(10):860–867. doi: 10.1038/gim.2012.67

Table 2.

Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics of respondents by awareness of DTC personal genomic tests

Characteristic Connecticut Michigan Oregon Utah Nationala
% Yes Pb % Yes Pb % Yes Pb % Yes Pb % Yes Pb
Total awareness of DTC tests 22.9 15.8 29.1 27.5 22.1
Sex 0.681 0.1933 0.5894 0.94 0.0012
 Male 22.6 14.9 29.9 27.6 20.2
 Female 23.3 16.6 28.3 27.4 23.8
Race and ethnicity 0.0006 <0.0001 0.0013 0.0012 <0.0001
 White non-Hispanic 24.3 17.3 31.0 28.7 23.6
 Black non-Hispanic 12.7 9.3 NAc NAc 18.0
 Hispanic 10.7 11.8 NAc 11.0 16.5
 Otherd 24.0 11.2 18.4 28.5 24.5
Age, years <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 18–49 20.2 13.5 21.9 21.1 18.6
 50–74 28.5 20.4 39.4 41.4 28.5
 75+ 17.1 11.7 32.7 31.8 17.2
Household income <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 <$25K 17.9 9.0 21.3 19.4 15.2
 $25K–$49.9K 18.7 14.9 25.5 26.3 21.3
 $50K–$74.9K 19.9 19.9 30.0 26.5 21.8
 $75K+ 28.2 21.2 41.2 36.7 28.4
Education level <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 High school or less 14.8 9.0 20.1 18.2 13.7
 At least some college 21.4 15.4 28.6 25.2 22.2
 College graduate 28.3 24.3 38.5 38.8 30.5
Health status <0.0001 0.0105 0.3680 0.18 0.0002
 Excellent/very good 25.8 17.5 30.5 28.8 24.7
 Good 18.6 13.8 26.9 24.2 19.5
 Fair/poor 14.8 13.5 26.4 27.7 21.8
Health insurancee 0.2502 <0.0001 0.0010 0.0043
 Yes 23.3 16.9 31.3 29.4 NAf
 No 19.2 8.3 16.8 17.2 NAf
Physical activityg 0.0058 0.0001 0.0779 0.27
 Recommendations met 23.7 18.7 31.2 28.9 NAf
 Recommendations not met 14.6 13.5 26.3 26.2 NAf
Fruit and vegetable consumption <0.0001 0.0001 0.0516 0.0021
 ≥5 servings per day 29.0 20.8 33.9 34.0 NAf
 <5 servings per day 20.5 14.3 27.4 25.4 NAf

DTC, direct-to-consumer.

a

National results were previously reported as unweighted analyses (ref. 12), but presented here weighted to adjust observations to a nationally representative distribution.

b

Reported P values are not adjusted for multiple comparisons.

c

Data unavailable due to small sample size.

d

The “other” category includes: American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, and other races.

e

Any kind of health care insurance, including government plans.

f

Corresponding questions not included in the HealthStyles survey.

g

30+ min of moderate physical activity five or more days per week, or vigorous physical activity for 20+ min three or more days per week.