American Association for Cancer Research

Table 2

Breast cancer risk variables and breast cancer worry in participants in a RCT of counseling for breast cancer risk

	Main study n = 278	Lesbian/Bisexual n = 67	African American n = 35	Ashkenazi Jewish n = 108
No. of affected relatives (%)^a
One	54.1	59.5	67.7	55.9
Two	45.9	40.5	32.3	44.1
Mean perceived risk^b	51.0	42.9	44.7	41.9
(SD)	(25.2)	(24.7)	(28.9)	(24.9)
Mean actual risk^b^{, c}	12.8	12.3	9.7	9.6
(SD)	(4.6)	(4.9)	(3.6)	(3.7)
Mean cancer worry	6.1	6.0	6.4	6.2
(SD)	(1.7)	(1.8)	(2.1)	(2.1)

	Main study n = 278	Lesbian/Bisexual n = 67	African American n = 35	Ashkenazi Jewish n = 108
No. of affected relatives (%)^a
One	54.1	59.5	67.7	55.9
Two	45.9	40.5	32.3	44.1
Mean perceived risk^b	51.0	42.9	44.7	41.9
(SD)	(25.2)	(24.7)	(28.9)	(24.9)
Mean actual risk^b^{, c}	12.8	12.3	9.7	9.6
(SD)	(4.6)	(4.9)	(3.6)	(3.7)
Mean cancer worry	6.1	6.0	6.4	6.2
(SD)	(1.7)	(1.8)	(2.1)	(2.1)

Significantly different across the four study groups, P < 0.05.

Significantly different across the four study groups, P < 0.01.

Actual risk: Gail estimates of cumulative risk (%) of developing breast cancer between current age and age 80.