Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 320 INSIGHT participants by parental interest in genetic testing
Parental interest in genetic testing | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 320) | Yes (n = 271) | No/uncertain (n = 49) | ||
n (%) or mean ± SD or median (interquartile range) | ||||
Parent characteristics | ||||
Age (years) (n = 297) | 41.4 ± 7.4 | 41.8 ± 7.4 | 39.0 ± 6.6 | 0.01 |
Education level | 0.5 | |||
Primary/high school | 86 (26.9) | 71 (26.2) | 15 (30.6) | |
University/graduate | 234 (73.1) | 200 (73.8) | 34 (69.4) | |
Self-reported ethnicity (n = 319) | <0.001 | |||
European | 121 (37.9) | 111 (41.1) | 10 (20.4) | |
South Asian | 112 (35.1) | 84 (31.1) | 28 (57.1) | |
East/Southeast Asian | 28 (8.8) | 21 (7.8) | 7 (14.3) | |
Othera | 58 (18.2) | 54 (20.0) | 4 (8.2) | |
Immigration status (n = 319) | <0.001 | |||
Born in Canada | 131 (41.1) | 123 (45.6) | 8 (16.3) | |
Born outside Canada | 188 (58.9) | 147 (54.4) | 41 (83.7) | |
Duration of time in Canada (n = 307) | 0.08 | |||
>10 years | 257 (83.7) | 225 (85.2) | 32 (74.4) | |
≤10 years | 50 (16.3) | 39 (14.8) | 11 (25.6) | |
Language spoken at home (n = 316) | 0.009 | |||
English only | 204 (64.6) | 183 (68.0) | 21 (44.7) | |
English and other language | 26 (8.2) | 20 (7.4) | 6 (12.8) | |
Other language only | 86 (27.2) | 66 (24.6) | 20 (40.5) | |
Child characteristics | ||||
Male children | 202 (63.1) | 170 (62.7) | 32 (65.3) | 0.7 |
Child age (years) | 9.4 [5.6–15.0] | 10.5 [6.0–15.2] | 7.0 [4.9–10.3] | 0.01 |
Family history of kidney disease | 99 (30.9) | 88 (32.5) | 11 (22.5) | 0.2 |
Family history of CVDb, diabetes, or hypertension | 100 (31.3) | 90 (33.2) | 10 (20.4) | 0.08 |
Initial steroid resistance | 20 (6.4) | 16 (6.1) | 4 (8.3) | 0.5 |