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Table 3 Descriptive results

From: Subjective versus objective risk in genetic counseling for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancers

 

Mean

Range

Anxiety

7.9

0-16

Depression

5.1

0-15

Cancer Risk Perception*

38.9

0-100

Genetic Risk Perception**

39.9

0-86.8

BRCA pro Cancer Risk

10.6

0-99.1

BRCA pro Genetic Risk

18.7

0.10-66.5

 

Frequency

%

Adequacy of the cancer risk perception

Overestimation

65

56.9

Adequate Estimation

38

31.9

Underestimation

13

11.2

Adequacy of the genetic risk perception

Overestimation

77

66.9

Adequate Estimation

30

26.1

Underestimation

8

6.9

  1. *14 subjects were unable to report their risk levels for cancer of the breast and/or ovaries
  2. **15 subjects were unable to report their level of risk of being a carrier of the genetic mutation of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes