Predictors of decision to test
| Support for FH genetic testing in children (n=70) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Yes to testing (%) | Chi-square† | |
| *p≤0.15, **p<0.05. †Chi-square statistics concern the Wald test of regression coefficients in separate bivariate multilevel logistic regression analysis (df=1). | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 94.3 | 2.88* | |
| Female | 80.0 | ||
| Carrier status | |||
| Carrier | 88.6 | 0.13 | |
| Spouse | 85.7 | ||
| Religious | |||
| No | 89.3 | 0.93 | |
| Yes | 78.6 | ||
| Children aged ≥8 y | |||
| No | 92.7 | 2.24* | |
| Yes | 79.3 | ||
| Mean (SD) | |||
| Variable | Yes (testing) | No (testing) | Chi-square† |
| Age (y) | 36.5 (5.4) | 38.6 (2.5) | 1.07 |
| Education (y) | 12.3 (2.6) | 14.2 (2.6) | 3.69* |
| Information | 10.5 (2.0) | 9.9 (2.2) | 0.52 |
| Experience | 8.82 (3.3) | 7.2 (3.0) | 1.57 |
| Expectation | 12.8 (1.6) | 11.8 (1.2) | 2.44* |
| Emotion | 12.9 (2.0) | 10.6 (1.9) | 7.52** |