Do women understand the odds?
All methods of describing risk have limitations, but the results of the present study provide good support for women's accurate recall of numeric risk values and their preference for use of these 'gambling' odds. This may have been influenced by consistency of the use of this method both in risk communication and in personal summary letters. Descriptive risk formats reflected higher levels of perceived vulnerability to breast cancer, and genetic counsellors need to be aware of these different perceptions.
These results indicate that PFD prevents endotoxin-induced liver injury after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion, in part through the decrease of neutrophil infiltration to the liver.