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Table 1 Characteristics of patients referred to genetic services compared to overall adult Kaiser Permanente Northwest membership.

From: Retrospective assessment of barriers and access to genetic services for hereditary cancer syndromes in an integrated health care delivery system

 

Referral cohort

Age 18+

N = 820

KPNW current members

Age 18+

N = 500,924

 
 

N

%

N

%

p-value*

Sex

    

<.0001

Female

761

93

262,068

52

 

Male

59

7

238,370

48

 

Age

    

<.0001

18–49

416

51

270,933

54

 

50–64

262

32

123,918

25

 

65+

142

17

106,073

21

 

Underserved

219

27

153,940

31

0.0126

Racial/Ethnic minority**

107

13

93,121

19

<.0001

Primary language other than English

18

2

25,474

5

0.0002

Medicaid coverage

47

6

32,689

11

0.36

Resident of medically underserved area

82

10

45,843

9

0.40

Years of KPNW membership

     

Mean / Std

14.9 yrs

12.5 yrs

12.7 yrs

12.0 yrs

<.0001

Personal history of cancer

     

Any of types listed below

252

31

13,250

3

<.0001

Specific type, not mutually exclusive

     

Colorectal

15

2

1658

0

<.0001

Endometrial

31

4

1100

0

<.0001

Other Lynch syndrome related***

9

1

4346

1

0.48

Breast, male

3

0

24

0

<.0001

Breast, female

184

22

6206

1

<.0001

Ovarian

27

3

240

0

<.0001

  1. * p-value from Chi square test, except ‘Years of KPNW’ membership, which comes from t-test
  2. ** Hispanic or race other than White
  3. *** Other Lynch syndrome related: stomach, small intestines, intrahepatic bile ducts, renal pelvis, sweat gland/sebaceous carcinoma
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Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

ISSN: 1897-4287