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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov 1;27(5):1659–1670. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07982-9

Table 2.

Results of univariate and multivariable logistic regression models examining predictors of advanced risk-reduction strategies.

Breast: Risk-Reducing Mastectomy or Breast MRI (n=98) Ovarian: Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy, CA125 Test, or Transvaginal/Pelvic Ultrasound (n=140)
Predictors Univariate Multivariable Univariate Multivariable
Demographic Variables
Age 1.00 [0.90, 1.12] 0.97 [0.92, 1.03]
Country of Birth 0.29 [0.07, 1.30] 1.56 [0.64, 3.76]
Education 0.69 [0.07, 7.19] 1.90 [0.69, 5.25]
Marital Status 0.62 [0.18, 2.09] 1.52 [0.74, 3.10]
Employment Status 0.68 [0.20, 2.28] 1.22 [0.62, 2.40]
Insurance Status 1.04 [0.17, 6.35] 1.37 [0.51, 3.67]
Clinical Variables
Significant family history 2.15 [0.40, 11.56] 1.19 [0.56, 2.52]
Cancer Stage at Diagnosis
 Localized (ref) (ref)
 Regional 0.92 [0.26, 3.29] 0.91 [0.44, 1.85]
 Distant 2.59 [0.23, 29.75]
Time since BC diagnosis 0.47** [0.24, 0.93] 0.47** [0.24, 0.93] 0.93 [0.81, 1.08]
Time since GT 0.87 [0.13, 11.06] 0.86 [0.24, 3.07]
Hormone Receptor Status
 ER positive 0.62 [0.16, 2.37] 1.92* [0.89, 4.14] 2.42* [0.92, 1.62]
 PR positive 0.67 [0.20, 2.30] 1.58 [0.77, 3.25]
 HER2 positive 0.91 [0.22, 3.76] 0.67 [0.27, 1.66]
BRCA1/2 carrier status
BRCA negative (ref) (ref) (ref)
 VUS 3.85 [0.74, 20.13] 1.68 [0.79, 3.61] 2.04 [0.77, 5.37]
BRCA positive 4.48** [1.42, 14.20] 6.56** [1.44, 29.85]
Decision-making Variables
Absolute perceived risk (5%) 1.11** [0.99, 1.25] 1.02 [0.96, 1.08]
Relative perceived risk
 Much lower (ref) (ref) (ref)
 A little lower 0.33 [0.04, 3.21] 1.47 [0.39, 5.55] 1.17 [0.25, 5.46]
 About the same 0.75 [0.15, 3.84] 0.92 [0.38, 2.25] 0.45 [0.15, 1.32]
 A little higher 0.33 [0.04, 3.21] 1.94 [0.68, 5.51] 1.08 [0.31, 3.75]
 Much higher 2.33 [0.22, 25.25] 4.71** [1.10, 20.15] 9.41** [1.64, 54.05]
HBOC knowledge 1.04 [0.87, 1.24] 1.26** [1.11, 1.43] 1.36** [1.15, 1.62]
*

p < 0.1;

**

p < 0.05;

unable to be estimated