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. 2017 Nov 18;9(3):233–241. doi: 10.1007/s12687-017-0347-z

Table 3.

Genetic testing outcomes by cohort

FQHC Tertiary P**
Number of patients 10 34
Completed genetic testing, n (%) 6 (60%) 25 (74%) 0.45
Reason genetic testing not completed, n (%) 0.11
 Insurance or cost considerations* 4 (100) 4 (44)
 Patient wanted time to think about it 0 (0) 5 (56)
Type of genetic testing, n (%) 0.36
 Multi-gene panel testing 3 (50) 18 (72)
 Single gene testing 3 (50) 7 (28)
Type of single gene test, n (%)
BRCA1 and BRCA2 1 (33) 2 (29)
 Lynch syndrome 2 (67) 0 (0)
 Polyposis (APC, MUTYH) 0 (0) 2 (29)
 Ashkenazi Jewish founder mutations 0 (0) 1 (14)
 Other*** 0 (0) 2 (29)
Mutation identified, n (%) 0 (0) 5 (20) 0.55
 Gene, n
  BRCA1 0 1
  Lynch (MLH1 (2), PMS2 (1)) 0 3
  CHEK2 0 1
Variant of unknown significance identified, n (%) 2 (33) 6 (24) 0.63
 Gene, n
  BRCA1 0 1
  BRCA2 1 0
  BRIP1 1 0
  MLH1 0 1
  MSH2 0 1
  NBN 0 1
  NF1 0 2

*FQHC patients: Medicaid (N = 2), Medicare (N = 1), private (N = 1); DFCI patients: Medicare (N = 2), private (N = 2)

**P values are calculated by Fisher’s exact test

***Other is noted for patients who had two single gene tests (i.e., polyposis and Lynch syndrome)