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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

From: Women’s perception, attitudes, and intended behavior towards predictive epigenetic risk testing for female cancers in 5 European countries: a cross-sectional online survey

Number of participants (%)

 
 

All countries (N = 1675)

Czech Republic (n = 356)

Germany (n = 335)

United Kingdom (n = 323)

Italy (n = 338)

Sweden (n = 323)

p-value*

Age group (years)

.090

 40–49

495

(29.6%)

100

(28.1%)

96

(28.7%)

101

(31.3%)

102

(30.2%)

96

(29.7%)

 

 50–59

490

(29.3%)

90

(25.3%)

109

(32.5%)

101

(31.3%)

96

(28.4%)

94

(29.1%)

 

 60–69

494

(29.5%)

131

(36.8%)

82

(24.5%)

82

(25.4%)

101

(29.9%)

98

(30.3%)

 

 70–75

196

(11.7%)

35

(9.8%)

48

(14.3%)

39

(12.1%)

39

(11.5%)

35

(10.8%)

 

Education (ISCED)

<.001

 High

393

(23.5%)

52

(14.6%)

65

(19.4%)

116

(35.9%)

43

(12.7%)

117

(36.2%)

 

 Medium

817

(48.8%)

256

(71.9%)

207

(61.8%)

111

(34.4%)

112

(33.1%)

131

(40.6%)

 

 Low

465

(27.8%)

48

(13.5%)

63

(18.8%)

96

(29.7%)

183

(54.1%)

75

(23.2%)

 

Personal history of female cancer

.829

 Yes

104

(6.2%)

20

(5.6%)

23

(6.9%)

19

(5.9%)

20

(5.9%)

22

(6.8%)

 

 Unknown

25

(1.5%)

6

(1.7%)

1

(0.3%)

4

(1.2%)

7

(2.1%)

7

(2.2%)

 

 No

1546

(92.3%)

330

(92.7%)

311

(92.8%)

300

(92.9%)

311

(92.0%)

294

(91.0%)

 
  1. *p-values derived from Chi-Square analysis