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Table 5 Interest for precision medicine testing according to patients (n = 211)

From: Expectations and educational needs of rheumatologists, rheumatology fellows and patients in the field of precision medicine in Canada, a quantitative cross-sectional and descriptive study

Potential benefits of precision medicine

Strongly agree or agree N (%)*

Neutral N (%)*

Disagree or strongly disagree N (%)*

Would like to take a test if it could predict the severity of my arthritis

195 (92.4)

12 (5.7)

4 (1.8)

Would like to take a test if it could predict drug efficacy

207 (98.1)

2 (0.9)

2 (1.0)

Would like to take a test if it could predict drug toxicity

197 (93.4)

9 (4.3)

5 (2.3)

  1. %* Percentage after excluding missing values