Table 3 Correlations among study variables (N = 152)

From: The who, what, and why of research participants’ intentions to request a broad range of secondary findings in a diagnostic genomic sequencing study

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

1. Intention to learn some or all secondary findings

                 

2. Age

−0.12

                

3. Sex (female)

−0.13

−0.02

               

4. Race/ethnicity (Other/not non-Hispanic White)

−0.11

−0.14†

−0.04

              

5. Education (4-year college degree or higher)

0.11

0.13

0.05

−0.27b

             

6. Income

0.11

0.19a

−0.08

−0.27b

0.53c

            

7. Marital status (married)

0.04

0.21a

−0.09

−0.14

0.28b

0.50c

           

8. Insurance status (insured)

0.11

0.06

0.07

−0.16

0.25b

0.28b

0.02

          

9. Physical functioning

0.08

0.00

−0.07

−0.12

0.32c

0.23b

0.01

0.01

         

10. Prior genetic testing (yes)

0.08

−0.01

0.30c

−0.30c

0.26b

0.21a

0.08

0.19a

0.07

        

11. Positive diagnostic results

−0.11

−0.20a

−0.07

−0.03

0.00

−0.15

−0.15

−0.07

−0.02

−0.13

       

12. Negative diagnostic results

0.02

−0.03

0.09

−0.02

−0.02

0.02

−0.02

0.05

0.04

0.20a

      

13. Uncertain diagnostic results

0.06

0.18a

−0.05

0.05

0.03

0.10

0.14

−0.01

−0.03

−0.13

     

14. General health literacy (≥9th-grade reading level)

0.26b

0.03

0.12

−0.30c

0.30c

0.38c

0.11

0.15

0.30c

0.14

−0.16a

0.09

0.03

    

15. Numeracy

0.20a

−0.02

−0.11

−0.35c

0.41c

0.42c

0.18a

0.17a

0.25b

0.23b

0.02

−0.04

0.03

0.37c

   

16. Secondary findings knowledge

0.15

0.16a

0.12

−0.20a

0.44c

0.48c

0.24b

0.22b

0.21a

0.24b

−0.08

0.08

−0.03

0.48c

0.38c

  

17. Anticipated regret for learning secondary findings

−0.40c

0.02

−0.04

−0.08

−0.05

−0.07

−0.13

0.02

0.05

−0.06

0.07

−0.08

0.04

−0.14

−0.06

−0.27b

 

18. Anticipated regret for not learning secondary findings

0.34c

−0.07

−0.15

−0.08

−0.17a

−0.16a

−0.04

−0.06

−0.09

−0.03

−0.08

0.14

−0.09

−0.16

−0.10

−0.17a

−0.36c

  1. Correlations between a continuous variable and dichotomous variable are point biserial correlations. Correlations between two dichotomous variables are phi coefficients.
  2. P < 0.10.
  3. a P < 0.05;
  4. b P < 0.01;
  5. c P < 0.001.