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Table 1 Patient demographics overall and by reason for referral

From: Inequities in referrals to a breast cancer risk assessment and prevention clinic: a mixed methods study

Patient Demographics

Overall (%) (N = 1789)

Referred to B-PREP for risk assessment (%) (n = 385)

Referred for benign breast issue (%) (n = 1404)

P value

Race and Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

867 (48.5)

248 (64.4)

619 (44.1)

 < 0.001

 Non-Hispanic Black

193 (10.8)

21 (5.5)

172 (12.3)

 Hispanic

395 (22.1)

50 (13.0)

345 (24.6)

 Asian American/Pacific Islander

69 (3.9)

15 (3.9)

54 (3.8)

 Other

238 (13.3)

47 (12.2)

191 (13.6)

 Unknown

27 (1.5)

4 (1.0)

23 (1.6)

Age

 Mean

48.4 (14.6)

45.6 (13.5)

49.1 (14.8)

 < 0.001

 Under 40

566 (31.6)

152 (39.5)

414 (29.5)

 40–59

802 (44.8)

157 (40.8)

645 (46.0)

 60 + 

421 (23.5)

76 (19.7)

345 (24.6)

Risk Levela

 Not High Risk

675 (37.7)

51 (13.2)

624 (44.4)

 < 0.001

 High Risk

410 (22.9)

172 (44.7)

238 (17.0)

 Unknown Risk

704 (39.4)

162 (42.1)

542 (38.6)

Preferred Language

 English

1564 (87.4)

372 (96.6)

1192 (84.9)

 < 0.001

 Non-English

216 (12.1)

9 (2.3)

207 (14.7)

 Unknown

9 (0.5)

4 (1.0)

5 (0.4)

Insurance

 Medicaid

600 (33.5)

82 (21.3)

518 (36.9)

 < 0.001

 Medicare

82 (4.6)

13 (3.4)

69 (4.9)

 Commercial

1080 (60.4)

286 (74.3)

794 (56.6)

 Other

18 (1.0)

3 (0.8)

15 (1.1)

 Unknown

9 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

8 (0.6)

Primary Care Site

 Main Campus

577 (32.3)

131 (34.0)

446 (31.8)

0.003

 Community Health Center

321 (17.9)

44 (11.4)

277 (19.7)

 Suburban

858 (48.0)

202 (52.5)

656 (46.7)

 Other

33 (1.8)

8 (2.1)

25 (1.8)

Social vulnerability index (SVI); n = 1,404b

 Median (Interquartile range)

0.17 (0.31)

0.15 (0.27)

0.17 (0.34)

0.001

  1. aHigh-risk was defined as patients having a 5-year modified Gail risk score of ≥ 1.67 for women between age 35–59, a 5-year modified Gail risk score of ≥ 5.5% for women age ≥ 60, [21] or a Tyrer-Cuzick v.7 or v.8 lifetime risk score > 20%. [22]
  2. bn = 385 were missing zip code or an SVI could not be calculated. SVI represents the proportion of U.S. census tracts that are equally or less vulnerable to the area of interest
  3. B-PREP Breast Cancer Personalized Risk Assessment, Education and Prevention program