Table 4.

Bivariate Relationships Between Relationship Characteristics and Outcomes

		Informed				Tested
Relationship Characteristic	n	OR	95% CI	p value	n	OR	95% CI	p value
Geographic proximity
FDR	195	.82	[0.69, 0.98]	.033	172	.86	[0.71, 1.02]	.095
SDR	292	1.04	[0.84, 1.30]	.667	164	1.06	[0.80, 1.42]	.670
TDR	455	.82	[0.69, 1.01]	.063	155	.93	[0.68, 1.28]	.662
Emotional closeness
FDR	194	1.40	[1.20, 1.65]	<.001	171	1.35	[1.09, 1.66]	.005
SDR	289	1.37	[1.13, 1.65]	.001	163	1.21	[0.96, 1.53]	.095
TDR	463	1.61	[1.30, 2.00]	<.001	155	1.46	[1.10, 1.94]	.009
Relationship quality
FDR	195	1.39	[1.18, 1.63]	<.001	172	1.17	[0.96, 1.44]	.117
SDR	290	1.47	[1.18, 1.84]	.001	164	1.12	[0.89, 1.42]	.326
TDR	449	1.70	[1.33, 2.16]	<.001	152	1.71	[1.25, 2.33]	.001
Communication frequency
FDR	181	1.96	[1.40, 2.74]	<.001	158	1.72	[1.14, 2.61]	.010
SDR	273	2.60	[1.65, 4.10]	<.001	148	1.99	[1.12, 3.51]	.018
TDR	443	2.43	[1.59, 3.72]	<.001	137	1.42	[0.89, 2.26]	.138

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; FDR = first degree relative; SDR = second degree relative; TDR = third degree relative