TABLE 1.

Comparison of High-Risk Women Meeting Eligibility Criteria for BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing Who Participated in the Mental Health Substudy Versus Those Who Did Not

	Participated in Substudy (N = 100)		Did Not Participate in Substudy (N = 267)
Characteristic	$\overline{\mathbf{X}}$	SD	$\overline{\mathbf{X}}$	SD	p
Age (years)	60.65	11.79	58.13	11.05	0.06
Six-Point Scale score	8.76	4.69	9.15	4.27	0.45
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	p
Education					0.03
High school or less	59	59	124	46
More than high school	41	41	143	54
Race/ethnicity					0.44
Hispanic	73	73	174	65
Non-Hispanic White	15	15	59	22
Non-Hispanic Black	8	8	25	9
Asian/other	4	4	9	4
Age at first live birth (years)					0.23
No live births or missing	14	14	45	17
Younger than 20	28	28	63	24
20–24	28	28	76	28
25–29	21	21	39	15
30 or older	9	9	44	16
Breast cancer risk perceptiona					0.01
Much higher	34	34	38	20
About the same	42	42	112	58
Much lower	23	23	42	22
First-degree relatives with breast cancerb					0.63
1 or more	51	52	116	55
0 or do not know	47	48	95	45
Blood relatives ever tested positive for a breast cancer gene mutation					0.11
Yes	12	12	49	18
No	63	63	142	53
Do not know	25	25	76	28

^a1 response was missing from the 100 participants who participated in the substudy, and 75 responses were missing from the 267 who did not participate in the substudy.

^b2 responses were missing from the 100 who participated in the substudy, and 56 responses were missing from the 267 who did not participate in the substudy.

Note. Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100.

Note. Missing data are because some participants chose not to respond.

Note. Scores greater than 6 on the Six-Point Scale warrant referral for genetic testing.