Table 4

The percentage of consultations in which risk information was given and distribution of different formats used as identified by transcripts (n=158)

Risk for the general population	Category	Words	%	Proportion	Percentage and proportion	Gambling odds	Time span
Breast cancer	Nil	2.6	1.6	50.3	11.4	Nil	19 Lifetime
							3 Other
Breast cancer owing to gene	0.5	7.3	28.5	6.2	12.4	0.5	0.5 Lifetime
Breast cancer in men	Nil	3.6	4.1	1.0	Nil	Nil	1
Ovarian cancer	Nil	Nil	3.1	1.6	Nil	Nil	0.5
Bowel cancer	Nil	2.6	0.5	1.0	Nil	Nil	Nil
Prostate cancer	Nil	1.6	Nil	0.5	Nil	Nil	0.5
Jewish population risk owing to gene	Nil	3.1	0.5	11.4	0.5	Nil	Nil
Hypothetical risk of breast cancer if gene mutation present	7.2	13	21.2	3.6	5.7	0.5	9.8 Lifetime
							0.5 Other
Relative risk	4.2	23.3	7.3	3.5	2.1	1.6	5.2 Lifetime
							1 Other
Chance of having mutation	1.5	14.0	1.0	1.6	3.1	21.2	0.5
Chance of testing finding mutation	Nil	2.6	5.2	0.5	0.5	Nil	Nil
Hypothetical risk of ovarian cancer if mutation present	1.0	9.8	6.2	2.1	1.0	0.5	2.1
Hypothetical risk of bowel cancer if mutation is present	Nil	2.1	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil