Research Article

Attitudes toward Genetic Testing for Hypertension among African American Women and Girls

Table 3

One-way MANOVA—subscales measuring attitudes toward genetic testing by triad membership.

TriadSubscales
BenefitsAwarenessOutcomes
MSDMSDMSD

Grandmother1.500.511.180.442.200.56
Mother1.330.441.170.402.140.50
Granddaughter1.380.461.350.712.160.62

MANOVA ratio: , , (based on Wilk’s lambda).
Between subjects: benefits: , , .
Awareness , , .
Outcomes , , =< 0.01.
Note: Lower scores indicate more positive perceptions of attitudes toward genetic testing.
Twenty granddaughters were less than 12 years of age and did not complete the attitudes toward genetic testing survey.