Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Socio-demographic & health-related variables | N = 597 | % |
Gender | ||
Male | 229 | 39 |
Female | 353 | 61 |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 70 | 12 |
Non-married | 511 | 88 |
Faculty | ||
Medicine | 228 | 39 |
Dentistry | 116 | 20 |
Medical technology | 164 | 28 |
Pharmacology | 75 | 13 |
GPA | ||
A | 183 | 33 |
B | 290 | 53 |
C/D | 78 | 14 |
General Health | ||
Excellent | 180 | 31 |
Very good | 220 | 38 |
Good | 160 | 28 |
Fair/Poor | 20 | 4 |
History of Chronic disease | ||
No | 528 | 91 |
Yes | 51 | 9 |
Family history of inherited disease | ||
No | 369 | 65 |
Yes | 200 | 35 |
Previous hospitalization | ||
No | 371 | 64 |
Yes | 208 | 36 |
Biobanking-related variables | N | % |
Previous genetic testing | ||
No | 552 | 95 |
Yes | 29 | 5 |
Previous blood testing | ||
No | 51 | 9 |
Yes | 531 | 91 |
Previous tissue testing | ||
No | 486 | 84 |
Yes | 92 | 16 |
Previous blood donation | ||
No | 415 | 72 |
Yes | 163 | 28 |
Previous tissue donation | ||
No | 565 | 98 |
Yes | 13 | 2 |
Involvement in medical research | ||
No | 319 | 55 |
Yes | 257 | 45 |