Table 4.

Importance of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry in Clinical Variant Interpretation

n = 271	Race	Ethnicity	Ancestry
Very important	22 (8.1%)	22 (8.1%)	43 (15.9%)
Important	48 (17.7%)	67 (24.7%)	81 (29.9%)
Somewhat important	85 (31.4%)	70 (25.8%)	71 (26.2%)
It depends	54 (19.9%)	58 (21.4%)	49 (18.1%)
Not at all important	36 (13.3%)	29 (10.7%)	10 (3.7%)
I’m not sure	26 (9.6%)	25 (9.2%)	17 (6.3%)

Survey respondents who reported having a professional role in clinical care, such as seeing patients and ordering genetic tests, were asked to evaluate the importance of race, ethnicity, and ancestry for the purpose of clinical variant interpretation. Results are shown here by the multiple-choice (Likert scale) options provided.