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Table 1 Characteristics of BioMe participants eligible to receive results and receiving results through a pilot genomic screening program

From: Implementing genomic screening in diverse populations

Participant demographics and characteristics

Eligible to receive results (N = 692)

Received P/LP results

Downgraded variants (N = 12)

CDC tier 1 (N = 40)

hATTR (N = 34)

CDC tier 1 + hATTR (N = 74)

Age, median (range)

60 (18–95)

61 (28–83)

57 (30–80)

58 (28–83)

61 (30–76)

Female sex, N (%)

458 (66.2)

33 (82.5)

28 (82.4)

61 (82.4)

8 (66.7)

Self-reported race/ethnicity, N (%)

 African American/African

156 (22.5)

6 (15.0)

18 (52.9)

24 (32.4)

3 (25.0)

 East/Southeast Asian

26 (3.8)

2 (5.0)

0

2 (2.7)

3 (25.0)

 European

186 (26.9)

20 (50.0)

1 (2.9)

21 (28.4)

5 (41.7)

 Hispanic/Latinx

249 (36.0)

8 (20.0)

15 (44.1)

23 (31.1)

0

 Native American

1 (0.1)

0

0

0

0

 Other

41 (5.9)

3 (7.5)

0

3 (4.1)

1 (8.3)

 South Asian

9 (1.3)

0

0

0

0

 Multiple selected

22 (3.2)

1 (2.5)

0

1 (1.4)

0

 Not available

2 (0.3)

0

0

0

0

Spanish as preferred language, N (%)

–

0

3 (8.8)

3 (4.1)

–

Prior knowledge of genomic risk, N (%)

–

14 (35.0)

1 (2.9)

15 (20.3)

–

Mode of result disclosure, N (%)

–

   

–

 In-person

 

24 (60.0)

26 (76.5)

50 (67.6)

 

 Telemedicine

 

16 (40.0)

8 (23.5)

24 (32.4)

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