Racial minority group interest in direct-to-consumer genetic testing: findings from the PGen study
| Autor: | Daiva E. Nielsen, Deanna Alexis Carere, Robert C. Green, Roberts Js, Landry L |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty White (horse) Minority group medicine.diagnostic_test Epidemiology Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030105 genetics & heredity Human genetics Purchasing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Original Article 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Genetics (clinical) Demography Genetic testing Multinomial logistic regression |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Community Genetics. 8:293-301 |
| ISSN: | 1868-6001 1868-310X |
| Popis: | There is little information regarding direct-to-consumer (DTC) personal genetic testing (PGT) in non-White racial minorities. Using a web-based survey, we compared the pretest interests and attitudes toward DTC-PGT of racial minority and White DTC-PGT customers of 23andMe and Pathway Genomics using chi-square tests and multinomial regression. Data were available for 1487 participants (1389 White, 44 Black, and 54 Asian). Survey responses were similar across racial groups, although a greater proportion of Blacks compared to Whites reported being “very interested” in genetic information related to traits (91.9 vs. 70.8%, p = 0.009). A greater proportion of Asians compared to Whites reported that a “very important” consideration for pursuing DTC-PGT was limited information about their family health history (58.0 vs. 37.5%, p = 0.002). While a number of significant differences between groups were observed in unadjusted analyses, they did not remain significant after adjustment. This study provides a preliminary view of the interests for purchasing DTC-PGT among customers with racial minority backgrounds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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