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Table 1 Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

From: Examining intrafamilial communication of colorectal cancer risk status to family members and kin responses to colonoscopy: a qualitative study

 

Probands (n = 16)

Kin (n = 9)

% (N)

% (N)

Current Age (Mean, SD)

51.9 (9.56)

56.00 (14.14)

Age at Diagnosis (Mean, SD)

48.9 (9.06)

Gender

 Male

43.8 (7)

44.4 (4)

 Female

56.3 (9)

55.6 (5)

Marital Status

 Married

56.3 (9)

88.9 (8)

Education

 High School or Voc/Tech

18.8 (3)

44.4 (4)

 Some College/University

43.8 (7)

11.1 (1)

 Bachelor’s Degree

31.3 (5)

22.2 (2)

 Graduate Degree

0 (0)

22.2 (2)

Employment Status

 Unemployed

12.5 (2)

11.1 (1)

 Employed

75.0 (12)

66.7 (6)

 Retired

12.5 (2)

22.2 (2)

Ethnicity

 White

68.75 (11)

100 (9)

 Asian

18.75 (3)

0 (0)

 Hispanic

6.25 (1)

0 (0)

 Multi

6.25 (1)

0 (0)

Lynch Syndrome

  

 Yes

18.75 (3)

0 (0)

Germline Risk Classification

 Low

56.3 (9)

77.8 (7)

 Intermediate

25.00 (4)

22.2 (2)

 High

18.8 (3)

0 (0)

Stage

 1

6.3 (1)

 2

56.3 (9)

 3

31.3 (5)

 4

6.3 (1)

Chemotherapy

 Yes

56.8 (9)

Number of FDRs

4.94 (2.79)

Letter sent to GP?

 Yes

55.6 (5)

  1. Note: SD Standard Deviation, N Total Number of Participants, Voc Vocational, Tech Technical, FDRs First-Degree-Relatives, GP General Practitioner