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Table 1 FHI rates by gender and main disease sub-categories [%]

From: Family history intake: a challenge to personalized approaches in health promotion and disease prevention

Disease sub-category

Male

Female

P value

Total MHS

CVD

12,724 [19.8]

8,385 [20.5]

0.004

21,109 [20.1]

Cancer

3,652 [11.8]

6,441 [17.7]

<0.001

10,093 [15%]

Hypertension

23,496 [19.8]

28,789 [22.8]

<0.001

52,285 [21.4]

Diabetes

10,967 [21.1]

10,307 [23.1]

<0.001

21,274 [22.0]

No Disease

65,358 [8.3]

97,277 [11.8]

<0.001

162,635 [10.1]

All MHS

98,724 [10.1]

135,838 [13.5]

<0.001

234,562 [12.0]