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Table 2 Awareness and interest in genomic SNP testing for prostate cancer risk

From: Interest in genomic SNP testing for prostate cancer risk: a pilot survey

Item

PRAP group

Urology group

p

N (%)

N (%)

Awareness

   

Awareness of genomic SNP testing for PC risk

  

0.38

  Not aware

28 (70.0)

34 (85.0)

 

  A little

4 (10.0)

1 (2.5)

 

  Somewhat

4 (10.0)

3 (7.5)

 

  Quite

2 (5.0)

2 (5.0)

 

  Very aware

2 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Awareness of genomic SNP tests on the Internet

   

  Not aware

40 (100.0)

38 (95.0)

0.49

  Missing

0 (0.0)

2 (5.0)

 

Interest

   

Interest in genomic SNP testing if standard-of-care

  

<0.001

  Strongly disagree

0 (0.0)

6 (15.0)

 

  Sort of disagree

0 (0.0)

6 (15.0)

 

  Neither agree nor disagree

0 (0.0)

4 (10.0)

 

  Sort of agree

10 (25.0)

10 (25.0)

 

  Strongly agree

30 (75.0)

14 (35.0)

 

Interest change if ancestry markers revealed

  

0.58

  No change

20 (50.0)

17 (42.5)

 

  Maybe more interest

12 (30.0)

17 (42.5)

 

  Definitely more interest

8 (20.0)

6 (15.0)

 
  1. Bold: Results significant (p < 0.05).