TABLE 4.
Bivariate associations between genetic testing interest and ethnicity (n = 450).
| Latina | Non-Latina | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 176 | n = 274 | |||
| Interest in genetic testing to learn about | ||||
| Your risk of developing a disease that may be able to be prevented or treated | Very interested | 51 (29.1) | 59 (21.7) | 0.094 |
| Other categories | 124 (70.9) | 213 (78.3) | ||
| Your risk of developing a cancer that may be able to be prevented or treated | Very interested | 56 (32.0) | 60 (22.1) | 0.026 |
| Other categories | 119 (68.0) | 212 (77.9) | ||
| Your risk of developing a disease that cannot be prevented or treated | Very interested | 45 (25.7) | 42 (15.4) | 0.011 |
| Other categories | 130 (74.3) | 230 (84.6) | ||
| How you would respond to a medication for a disease | Very interested | 41 (23.4) | 54 (19.9) | 0.43 |
| Other categories | 134 (76.6) | 218 (80.1) | ||
| A gene variation that does not affect your health but might affect the health of your children | Very interested | 56 (32.0) | 63 (23.2) | 0.051 |
| Other categories | 119 (68.0) | 209 (76.8) | ||
| Interest in genetic testing as part of a general check-up | ||||
| With your health care provider | Very Interested | 47 (26.7) | 63 (23.0) | 0.43 |
| Other categories | 129 (73.3) | 211 (77.0) | ||
| Through your gynecologist’s office | Very Interested | 48 (27.3) | 55 (20.1) | 0.097 |
| Other categories | 128 (72.7) | 219 (79.9) | ||
| Interested in having the following types of genetic testing in the next year | ||||
| Your risk of developing a disease that may be able to be prevented or treated | Yes | 107 (60.8) | 139 (50.7) | 0.046 |
| No/Not sure | 69 (39.2) | 135 (49.3) | ||
| Your risk of developing a cancer that may be able to be prevented or treated | Yes | 89 (50.6) | 133 (48.7) | 0.78 |
| No/Not sure | 87 (49.4) | 140 (51.3) | ||
| Your risk of developing a disease that cannot be prevented or treated | Yes | 87 (49.4) | 116 (42.3) | 0.17 |
| No/Not sure | 89 (50.6) | 158 (57.7) | ||
| How you would respond to a medication for a disease | Yes | 99 (56.6) | 140 (51.1) | 0.30 |
| No/Not sure | 76 (43.4) | 134 (48.9) | ||
| A gene variation that does not affect your health but might affect the health of your children | Yes | 103 (58.9) | 146 (53.3) | 0.29 |
| No/Not sure | 72 (41.1) | 128 (46.7) | ||
p-value by Chi-square Test; Significant results are bolded.