Table 3 Expectations of sequencing

From: Knowledge, motivations, expectations, and traits of an African, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean sequencing cohort and comparisons to the original ClinSeq® cohort

Testing for many genes can…

New cohort n (%) (N = 373)

Original cohort21 n (%) (N = 322)

χ2(p value)

Find a genetic risk for a disease that you do not have, but could develop in the future, AND

Find a genetic cause or contribution for a disease that you have, AND

Give you information about not only you, but also your relatives

187 (50.1%)

218 (67.7%)

21.9 (<0.01)

Give you a “clean bill of health”

110 (29.5%)

26 (8.1%)

50.4 (<0.01)

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