Table 1 Characteristics of patients approached for study participation (N = 1,203).

From: Uptake and acceptability of a mainstreaming model of hereditary cancer multigene panel testing among patients with ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate cancer

Characteristic

Group

Provided consent (n = 1,084)

Declined to consent (n = 119)

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Sex

Female

342 (91%)

34 (9%)

0.51

 

Male

742 (90%)

85 (10%)

 

Race

White

878 (93%)

67 (7%)

<0.001

 

Black/African American

109 (73%)

40 (27%)

 
 

Asian

38 (95%)

2 (5%)

 
 

American Indian/Alaska Native

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

 
 

Other

46 (88%)

6 (12%)

 
 

Missing

12 (80%)

3 (20%)

 

Ethnicity

Hispanic

31 (97%)

1 (3%)

0.19

 

Not Hispanic

1005 (90%)

114 (10%)

 
 

Unknown/missing

48 (92%)

4 (8%)

 

Cancer type

Ovarian

160 (93%)

12 (7%)

0.19

 

Prostate

507 (89%)

65 (11%)

 
 

Pancreas

417 (91%)

42 (9%)

 

Age

Years, mean (SD)

67.9 (10.1)

69.5 (10.3)

0.11

Study site

Memorial Sloan Kettering

406 (97%)

14 (3%)

<0.001

 

University of Pennsylvania

678 (87%)

105 (13%)

 
  1. ap values are based on a series of Chi-square tests, except for age, which is tested using an independent-samples t-test.