Table 2.

Correlates with genetic counseling: odds ratio with 95%CI in brackets. Data from the 2015 U.S. National Health Interview Survey.

	Breast cancer genetic counseling (N=12,631)		Colorectal cancer genetic counseling (N=15,085)
Variable	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted
Risk perception
About as likely	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
More likely	6.26 [3.83, 10.22]	4.31 [2.56, 7.26]	5.01 [2.58, 9.93]	5.04 [2.57, 9.89]
Less likely	0.83 [0.46, 1.52]	0.95 [0.51, 1.77]	0.62 [0.35, 1.09]	0.62 [0.35, 1.08]
Objective relative risk
Mid	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Higher	5.72 [3.50, 9.34]	4.42 [2.61, 7.46]	1.27 [0.71, 2.29]
Lower	0.72 [0.32, 0.34]	0.79 [0.35, 1.79]	0.79 [0.43, 1.44]
Education
No college	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Some college or more	2.31 [1.33–4.00]	1.81 [1.04, 3.15]	1.37 [0.80, 2.34]
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic	1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
Hispanic	0.88 [0.44, 1.73]		1.06 [0.53, 2.12]
Insurance
Covered	1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Not covered	0.51 [0.13, 2.10]		0.10 [0.01–0.70]	0.10 [0.01–0.73]
Race
White	1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
Other	1.53 [0.86, 2.70]		1.69 [0.89, 3.19]
Sex
Men	-	-	1.28 [0.79, 2.07]
Women	-	-	1.00 (ref)
Age (cont.)	0.98 [0.96, 1.00]	0.98 [0.96, 1.00]	1.00 [0.97, 1.02]

Adjusted model includes all variables for which the 95%CI did not cross 1 in bivariate analyses: for breast cancer genetic counseling this included objective relative risk, education and age; for colorectal cancer genetic counseling this included insurance.