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Table 5 Participant opinions and attitudes towards genetic testing and research: proportion of each participant group responding to the different scenarios

From: The attitudes of people with sarcoma and their family towards genomics and incidental information arising from genetic research

When people take part in genetic research, I think they would like to be informed about:

All

Proband

Family

Spouse

P-value

n=1200

n=524

n=514

n=162

Known genetic conditions caused by one gene, for which there is no prevention

68%

67%

66%

76%

0.05

Known genetic conditions caused by one gene, for which there is prevention or treatment that can change the risk

94%

94%

93%

95%

0.43

Known genetic conditions caused by many genes, which can have a major impact on health, for which there is treatment as well as lifestyle factors which can modify the risk

93%

93%

93%

96%

0.70

Known genetic conditions caused by many genes, which usually have a lower impact on health, for which there is treatment as well as lifestyle factors which can modify the risk

90%

89%

89%

92%

0.83