Worry Is Good for Breast Cancer Screening: A Study of Female Relatives from the Ontario Site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry
Table 2
Distribution of demographic and personal characteristics according to worry for female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family Registry.
Worry
Low
Medium
High
N = 305
N = 433
N = 163
Age*†
40
59 (19.3)
101 (23.3)
38 (23.3)
40 to 49
73 (23.9)
129 (29.8)
55 (33.8)
50 to 59
91 (29.9)
130 (30.0)
47 (28.8)
≥60
82 (26.9)
73 (16.9)
23 (14.1)
Education
High school or less
96 (31.6)
118 (27.3)
46 (28.2)
Some college/university/vocational/technical school
114 (37.5)
173 (39.9)
79 (48.5)
Bachelor’s degree or higher
94 (30.9)
142 (32.8)
38 (23.3)
Familial breast cancer risk
Low risk
155 (50.8)
212 (49.0)
82 (50.3)
Moderate risk
78 (25.6)
97 (22.4)
39 (23.9)
High risk
72 (23.6)
124 (28.6)
42 (25.8)
Body mass index
<25
151 (50.7)
202 (47.3)
72 (45.9)
25 to <30
83 (27.8)
121 (28.3)
48 (30.6)
≥30
64 (21.5)
104 (24.4)
37 (23.6)
Annual frequency of visiting health care facility‡†
Once a year or less
121 (41.2)
137 (32.1)
38 (23.8)
2 to 3 times a year
106 (36.0)
190 (44.5)
77 (48.1)
4 or more times a year
67 (22.8)
100 (23.4)
45 (28.1)
History of benign breast disease
No
210 (70.5)
297 (69.6)
103 (64.4)
Yes
88 (29.5)
130 (30.4)
57 (35.6)
Perceived breast cancer risk§¶
Much below average/below average
30 (10.4)
16 (3.9)
2 (1.3)
Same average risk
115 (40.1)
112 (27.0)
26 (16.5)
Above average
134 (46.7)
243 (58.5)
100 (63.7)
Much above average
8 (2.8)
44 (10.6)
29 (18.5)
* for medium versus low worry.
† for high versus low worry.
‡ for medium versus low worry.
§ for medium versus low worry.
¶ for high versus low worry.
