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. 2018 Jun 1;27(6):748–754. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6623

Table 2.

Associations Between Characteristics of Women at High (>20%) Lifetime Risk Attending Facilities Offering Screening Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Actual Use of Screening Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    MRI screening, N (%) No MRI screening, N (%)  
Patient characteristics Category Total, n = 158 Total, n = 2245 p
Age (years) <40 13 (8.2) 102 (4.5) 0.05
  40–49 47 (29.7) 586 (26.1)  
  50–74 98 (62.0) 1543 (68.7)  
  >74 0 (0.0) 14 (0.6)  
Race/ethnicity White 146 (92.4) 2046 (91.1) 0.72
  Black 0 (0.0) 17 (0.8)  
  Asian 2 (1.3) 44 (2.0)  
  Hispanic 5 (3.2) 51 (2.3)  
  Other 5 (3.2) 72 (3.2)  
  Unknown 0 (0.0) 15 (0.7)  
Family history No 13 (8.2) 259 (11.5) 0.20
  Yes 145 (91.8) 1982 (88.3)  
  Unknown 0 (0.0) 4 (0.2)  
Prior breast biopsy No 29 (18.4) 654 (29.1) <0.01
  Yes 129 (81.6) 1581 (70.4)  
  Unknown 0 (0.0) 10 (0.4)  
Low household income No 136 (86.1) 1953 (87.0) 0.42
  Yes 7 (4.4) 138 (6.1)  
  Unknown 15 (9.5) 154 (6.9)  
Education level Less than high school 0 (0.0) 55 (2.4) 0.01
  High school 14 (8.9) 315 (14.0)  
  Some college 42 (26.6) 482 (21.5)  
  Greater than or equal to college 98 (62.0) 1045 (46.5)  
  Unknown 4 (2.5) 348 (15.5)  
Travel time to facility <15 minutes 6 (3.8) 106 (4.7) 0.04
  15–30 minutes 82 (51.9) 1087 (48.4)  
  30–60 minutes 13 (8.2) 368 (16.4)  
  >60 minutes 57 (36.1) 684 (30.5)