Table 2

 Characteristics of responders compared with non-responders

Sought testingor informationDid notseek testingor informationp
No. of relatives134204
Average age of recipients (if known) (years)46470.5
No. (%) in research kindreds120 (90%)182 (89%)0.9
No. (%) who were close relatives of proband67 (50%)110 (54%)0.5
No. (%) sent letter more than 2 years after mutation was identified53 (40%)88 (43%)0.5
No. (%) in BRCA kindreds104 (78%)164 (80%)0.5
No. (%) of male recipients67 (50%)120 (59%)0.1