Table 4.
Risk Presentation Format Received | |||||||
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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 |
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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.