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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2021 Oct 19;31(2):447–458. doi: 10.1002/jgc4.1511

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the 279 participants who completed a 1-month or 6-month survey

n Proportion
Total 279
Demographic information Gender Male 94 34%
Female 183 66%
Missing 2 1%
Age Mean (range), years 54 (22–93)
Under 45 yrs 126 45%
45 yrs and older 153 55%
Race and ethnicity White, not Latinx 245 88%
Other, not Latinx 17 6%
Other, Latinx 14 5%
Missing 3 1%
Education High school or less 26 9%
Some college 44 16%
Bachelors 73 26%
Graduate or postgraduate 92 33%
Missing 44 16%
Reported living relative(s) Father 179 64%
Mother 185 66%
Sister 174 62%
Brother 173 62%
Children 194 70%
At Least one relative 271 97%
Knew of results prior to study Yes 68 24%
No 191 68%
Unknown 20 7%
Return of results format Enrollment site GE 56 20%
CU 68 24%
NU 91 33%
MGB 15 5%
KPW/UW 8 3%
VUMC 41 15%
Return of results method Letter/portal/email 32 11%
Phone 135 48%
Face-to-face 70 25%
Missing 37 13%
Who returned the result Genetics provider 152 54%
Non-genetics provider 104 37%
23 8%
Information about family risk in summary letters Yes 256 92%
No 23 8%
Result type Result category Cancer 158 57%
Cardiovascular 88 32%
Other 33 12%
Variant type (most deleterious) Pathogenic/likely pathogenic 229 82%
Risk factor 50 18%
Survey Time of response One-month survey only 121 43%
One-month and 6-month survey 90 32%
Six-month survey only 68 24%