Table 1 Focus Group participant demographics, breast cancer risk, N = 32
Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Mean Age | 48 (25–67) |
Education | |
Some High School | 2 (6 %) |
Some College | 5 (16 %) |
College Degree | 11 (34 %) |
Graduate Degree | 14 (44 %) |
Ancestry | |
European | 16 (50 %) |
African | 10 (31 %) |
Other | 6 (19 %) |
Ethnicity | |
Hispanic | 4 (13 %) |
Non-Hispanic | 28 (87 %) |
Mean Age of Menarche | 12 (9–17) |
Mean Age at 1st Live Birth | 29 (16–39) |
1st or 2nd Degree Female Relative with Breast Cancer | 21 (66 %) |
History of Breast Biopsy | 16 (50 %) |
History of Biopsy with Atypia | 3 (9 %) |
BRCA 1/2 Mutation Carrier | 0 (0 %) |
BIRADS Mammographic Density | |
0 – No Mammogram | 3 (9 %) |
1 – Fatty | 1 (3 %) |
2 – Scattered Fibroglandular | 9 (28 %) |
3 – Heterogeneously Dense | 19 (60 %) |
4 – Extremely Dense | 0 (0 %) |
Prior Knowledge of Preventive Medicines | 6 (19 %) |
MD Recommended Preventive Medicine | 2 (6 %) |
Estimated Breast Cancer Risk (Gail Model) | |
Above Peer Average | 23 (72 %) |
At Peer Average | 3 (9 %) |
Below Peer Average | 6 (19 %) |