Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants.
| Age, years | 40.8 ± 8.6 (18–62) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| < High school | 16 (6.8) |
| High school degree | 90 (38.1) |
| University or higher | 130 (55.1) |
| Having children, n (%) | |
| Yes | 163 (69.1) |
| No | 73 (30.9) |
| Age at healthy carrier status diagnosis, years | 35.8 ± 8.8 (17–56) |
| BRCA1, n. (%) | 137 (58.1) |
| BRCA2, n. (%) | 99 (41.9) |
| Region, n. (%) | |
| North Italy | 124 (52.5) |
| Central Italy | 59 (25) |
| South Italy | 36 (15.3) |
| Islands | 17 (7.2) |
| Access to a fertility unit, n. (%) | |
| Yes | 124 (54.5) |
| No | 83 (35.2) |
| Don’t know/no answer | 29 (12.3) |
| Risk-reducing surgery, n. (%) | |
| Mastectomy only | 43 (18.2) |
| RRSO only | 42 (17.8) |
| Both | 89 (37.7) |
| None | 62 (26.3) |
| Age at mastectomy, years | 39.6 ± 6.8 (22–57) |
| Age at RRSO, years | 42.9 ± 5.5 (28–57) |
Continuous data are expressed as mean ± SD (min–max), and categorical data are expressed as number (%). RRSO: risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy.