Table 5.
Fixed effects from linear mixed-effect model for factors influencing knowledge of cancer genetics and genetic affinity in members from the same family unit.
| Knowledge of Cancer Genetics (n = 1163) * |
Genetic Affinity (n = 1163) * |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | Standard Error | p | Estimate | Standard Error | p | |
| Age | −0.03 | 0.008 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.007 | 0.99 |
| Race and ethnicity (ref: White) | 1.47 | 0.26 | <0.0001 | 0.018 | 0.24 | 0.94 |
| Education (ref: Elementary school) | 0.98 | 0.15 | <0.0001 | 0.54 | 0.14 | <0.0001 |
| Employment (ref: No employment) | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.18 | −0.083 | 0.18 | 0.65 |
| Cancer diagnosis (ref: No cancer) | 0.72 | 0.27 | <0.01 | 0.78 | 0.25 | 0.002 |
| Genetic counselling (ref: No counselling) | 0.84 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 1.63 | 0.30 | <0.0001 |
| Family history of cancer (ref: No history) | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.58 |
| Recruitment (ref: Clinic) | 1.81 | 1.80 | 0.24 | 1.86 | 2.21 | 0.40 |
| Country (ref: US) | 2.13 | 1.82 | 0.24 | 1.08 | 2.22 | 0.62 |
| ≤5 years since cancer diagnosis (ref: Never diagnosed with cancer) | −0.08 | 0.43 | 0.83 | 0.53 | 0.39 | 0.18 |
| >5 years since cancer diagnosis (ref: Never diagnosed with cancer) | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.50 |
| ≤5 years since counselling (ref: Never counselled) | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.63 | −0.03 | 0.35 | 0.93 |
| >5 years since counselling (ref: Never counselled) | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.14 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.11 |
* the number of participants is lower compared to the overall sample. Individuals were members of 518 family units. Bold: p-value still significant after Bonferroni correction.