Table 1.

Sociodemographic, disease, and decision-making characteristics for participants (N=143).

	Mean (SD)	Range	N (%)	N Missing
Demographic Characteristics
Current Age (years)	45.09 (5.93)	27–54		1
Country of Birth: % United States			118 (82.5)	1
Marital Status: % single			94 (65.7)	1
Education: up to GED/Diploma			120 (83.9)	1
Employment Status: % employed			74 (51.7)	1
Insurance Status: % insured			119 (83.2)	3
Cancer-related Medical Factors
Significant family history: % yes			39 (27.3)	2
Age at Diagnosis (years)	42.87 (6.28)	14–50		1
Cancer Stage at Diagnosis				0
Localized			81 (56.6)
Regional			52 (36.4)
Distant			4 (2.8)
Years from diagnosis to study enrollment	2.38 (3.65)	0.25–37.67		1
Years from genetic testing to follow-up	1.26 (0.27)	0.75–2.50		0
Hormone Receptor Status
Estrogen Receptor positive: % yes			94 (65.7)	7
Progesterone Receptor positive: % yes			78 (54.5)	11
HER2 receptor positive: % yes			25 (17.5)	21
Genetic Testing Result				0
Carrier			16 (11.2)
VUS			43 (30.1)
No mutation			84 (58.7)
Decision-making Factors
Perceived absolute risk of cancer recurrence (%)	22.30 (30.32)	0–100		9
Perceived risk of recurrence relative to other women over age 50				12
Much lower			47 (32.9)
A little lower			11 (7.7)
About the same			40 (28.0)
A little higher			21 (14.7)
Much higher			12 (8.4)
HBOC Knowledge	5.06 (2.98)	0–12		1