Background
Methods
Patient recruitment
FHH data and statistical analyses
Results
Study enrollment
Study patients (N = 1184) N (%) | Baseline clinic population (N = 45000) N (%) | |
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Gender
| ||
Male | 490 (41.4) | 25,245 (56.1) |
Female | 694 (58.6) | 19,215 (42.7) |
Ethnicity
| ||
White | 969 (81.8) | 33,840 (75.2) |
Black | 159 (13.5) | 6,975 (15.5) |
Other | 56 (4.7) | 4,230 (9.4) |
Age
| ||
Mean (SD) | 58.8 (11.8) | 59.3 (13.5) |
<50 | 250 (21.1) | NA |
50-65 | 575 (48.6) | NA |
>65 | 359 (30.3) | NA |
Education
| ||
HS or less | 158 (13.3) | NA |
Some college | 245 (20.7) | NA |
College deg | 461 (38.9) | NA |
Any grad | 320 (27.0) | NA |
Talking to relatives
Perceptions of FHH knowledge
Quality criterion
FHH* documentation prior to MeTree[15] | MeTree | |
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N = 390 for all and 227 for deceased | N = 1184 for all and 1179 for deceased | |
Quality criterion | ||
1. 3 generations of relatives | 0 (0%) | 1184 (100%) |
2. Relatives’ lineage | 111 (28.4%) | 1184 (100%) |
3. Relatives’ gender | 356 (91.2%) | 1184 (100%) |
4. Pertinent negatives noted | 173 (44.3%) | 1184 (100%) |
5. Age of disease onset | 71 (18.2%) | 854 (72.1%) |
6. Cause of death | 213 (98.1%) | 695 (58.9%) |
7. Age of death | 172 (75.7%) | 1156 (98.0%) |