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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants at moderate risk of breast cancer, high risk of breast cancer and those with a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene

From: Women’s preferences for selective estrogen reuptake modulators: an investigation using the time trade-off technique

Variable

Moderate risk

High risk

Mutation positive

Combined

 

n=10

n=56

n=41

N=107

 

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Age (years)

41.8

10.2

44.5

11.0

41.2

10.7

43.0

10.8

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Ethnicity

        

   Australian

4

40

45

80

30

73

79

74

   European

3

30

6

11

4

10

13

12

   Asian

0

0

2

4

2

5

4

4

   Other

3

30

3

5

5

12

11

10

Relationship status

        

   Single

1

10

16

29

14

34

32

30

   Married/de facto

9

90

40

71

27

66

76

71

Children

        

   Yes

5

50

11

20

16

39

32

30

   No

5

50

45

80

25

61

75

70

Daughter/s

        

   Yes

4

40

36

64

21

51

61

57

   No

6

60

19

34

20

49

45

42

Want future children

        

   Yes

4

40

10

18

8

20

22

21

   No

4

40

40

71

28

68

72

67

   Unsure

1

10

6

11

5

12

12

11

Menopausal status

        

   Premenopausal

7

70

31

55

19

46

57

53

   Perimenopausal

1

10

6

11

0

0

7

7

   Menopausal

1

10

15

27

20

49

36

34

   Unsure

1

10

4

7

2

5

7

7

Family history of prophylactic mastectomy

        

   Yes

3

30

14

25

17

41

34

32

   No

7

70

42

75

24

59

73

68

Family history of prophylactic oophorectomy

        

   Yes

1

10

10

18

19

46

30

28

   No

9

90

46

82

22

54

77

72

Family history of SERMs

        

   Yes

5

56

26

46

10

24

41

38

   No

4

44

30

54

30

73

64

60

Personal history of oophorectomy

        

   Yes

0

0

8

14

19

46

27

25

   No

10

100

48

86

22

54

80

75

Personal history of SERMs

        

   Yes

1

10

12

21

5

12

18

17

   No

9

90

44

79

36

88

89

83

Cigarettes per day

        

   None

8

80

53

95

40

98

101

94

   10 or less

2

20

3

5

0

0

5

5

   11 to 20

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

1

History of blood clots

        

   Yes

1

10

0

0

0

0

1

1

   No

9

90

56

100

41

100

106

99