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).
| Participants | Number (%) |
| Sex | Female | 1614 (55.0) | Male | 1321 (45.0) |
| Age | 18-30 years | 1158 (39.5) | 31-40 years | 749 (25.5) | 41-50 years | 597 (20.3) | 51-60 years | 336 (11.4) | > 60 years | 95 (3.2) |
| Marital status | Married | 1757 (59.9) | Not married (single, divorced, widowed) | 1178 (40.1) | Nationality | Saudi | 2780 (94.7) | Non-Saudi | 155 (5.3) |
| City of residence | In Riyadh | 1949 (66.4) | Out of Riyadh | 986 (33.6) |
| Highest level of education | No schooling | 13 (0.4) | Primary school | 32 (1.1) | Secondary school | 67 (2.3) | High school | 615 (21.0) | Diploma | 286 (9.7) | Bachelor’s degree | 1546 (52.7) | Master’s degree | 259 (8.8) | PhD | 117 (4.0) |
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