Research Article

Public Willingness to Undergo Presymptomatic Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population (total number of participants =2935).

ParticipantsNumber (%)

Sex
 Female1614 (55.0)
 Male1321 (45.0)

Age
 18-30 years1158 (39.5)
 31-40 years749 (25.5)
 41-50 years597 (20.3)
 51-60 years336 (11.4)
 > 60 years95 (3.2)

Marital status
 Married1757 (59.9)
 Not married (single, divorced, widowed)1178 (40.1)
Nationality
 Saudi2780 (94.7)
 Non-Saudi155 (5.3)

City of residence
 In Riyadh1949 (66.4)
 Out of Riyadh986 (33.6)

Highest level of education
 No schooling13 (0.4)
 Primary school32 (1.1)
 Secondary school67 (2.3)
 High school615 (21.0)
 Diploma286 (9.7)
 Bachelor’s degree1546 (52.7)
 Master’s degree259 (8.8)
 PhD117 (4.0)