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. 2020 Feb 19;14:333–342. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S232941

Table 4.

Preference for Type of Time Frame Among the Different Intervention Groups

Risk Presentation Format Received
Percentages
n=34
Frequencies
n=53
Frequencies + Graphical Display
n=77*
Lifetime + Age-Related Risk Frequencies
n=60*
Lifetime + Age-Related Risk Frequencies + Graphical Display
n=55
Overall
n=279
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Preferred risk formata Lifetime risk 8 (24) 12 (23) 10 (13) 10 (17) 8 (15) 48 (17)
10-year age- related risk 1 (3) 1 (2) 8 (11) 4 (7) 7 (13) 21 (8)
Lifetime risk and age-related risk 23 (68) 40 (76) 57 (76) 41 (71) 39 (71) 200 (73)
Other time frame 2 (6) 0 0 3 (5) 1 (2) 6 (2)

Notes: aAnswers to question: If I had to choose, I would prefer to have my chance [of developing breast cancer] explained in: 1) the chance of getting breast cancer during my whole life; 2) the chance of getting breast cancer within the next 10 years; 3) the chance of getting breast cancer during my life as well as the chance of getting breast cancer within the next 10 years; 4) the chance of getting breast cancer during a different time period, which is. … (free text). In some cases (indicated by *) the sum does not add up to the total due to missing values.