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. 2024 Feb 1;111(3):433–444. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.01.004

Table 3.

Sociodemographic differences across collection type

Overall participants
Clinic
Community event
At home
Missing collection information
Enrolled
Samples collecteda
Proportion collected
Enrolled
Samples collected
Proportion collected
Enrolled
Samples collected
Proportion collected
Enrolled
Samples collected
Proportion collected
Enrolled
Samples collected
Proportion collected
N = 20,478
N = 14,053

N = 4,618
N = 2,696

N = 2,037
N = 1,397

N = 11,602
N = 8,627

N = 2,221
N = 1,333

N % N % % N % N % % N % N % % N % N % % N % n % %
Sex female 15,011 73.3 10,156 72.3 67.7 3,428 74.2 1,973 73.2 57.6 1,474 72.4 988 70.7 67.0 8,496 73.2 6,246 72.4 73.5 1,613 72.6 949 71.2 58.8
male 5,464 26.7 3,894 27.7 71.3 1,190 25.8 723 26.8 60.8 561 27.5 407 29.1 72.6 3,105 26.8 2,380 27.6 76.7 608 27.4 384 28.8 63.2
Race Black 2,188 10.7 1,311 9.3 59.9 520 11.3 260 9.6 50.0 349 17.1 212 15.2 60.7 1,151 9.9 754 8.7 65.5 168 7.6 85 6.4 50.6
White 15,644 76.4 10,863 77.3 69.4 3,895 84.3 2,312 85.8 59.4 1,333 65.4 918 65.7 68.9 8,566 73.8 6,474 75.0 75.6 1,850 83.3 1,159 87.0 62.7
Asian 272 1.3 188 1.3 69.1 56 1.2 33 1.2 58.9 54 2.7 39 2.8 72.2 124 1.1 95 1.1 76.6 38 1.7 21 1.6 55.3
other 587 2.9 382 2.7 65.1 119 2.6 68 2.5 57.1 73 3.6 48 3.4 65.8 331 2.9 231 2.7 69.8 64 2.9 35 2.6 54.7
missing 1,787 8.7 1,309 9.3 73.3 28 0.6 23 0.9 82.1 228 11.2 180 12.9 79.0 1,430 12.3 1,073 12.4 75.0 101 4.5 33 2.5 32.7
Ethnicity Hispanic/Latino 479 2.3 326 2.3 65.6 126 2.7 66 2.5 52.4 65 3.2 39 2.8 60.0 251 2.2 187 2.2 74.5 55 2.5 34 2.6 61.8
non-Hispanic/Latino 17,348 84.7 11,816 84.1 68.1 4,445 96.3 2,600 96.4 58.5 1,650 81.0 1,108 79.3 67.2 9,259 79.8 6,875 79.7 74.3 1,994 89.8 1,233 92.5 61.8
missing 2,633 12.9 1,911 13.6 72.6 47 1.0 30 1.1 63.8 322 15.8 250 17.9 77.6 2,092 18.0 1,565 18.1 74.8 172 7.7 66 5.0 38.4
Age 18–29 years 2,795 13.6 1,714 12.2 61.3 558 12.1 263 9.8 47.1 454 22.3 317 22.7 69.8 1,532 13.2 1,025 11.9 66.9 251 11.3 109 8.2 43.4
30–39 years 4,039 19.7 2,601 18.5 64.4 882 19.1 469 17.4 53.2 335 16.4 203 14.5 60.6 2,405 20.7 1,703 19.7 70.8 417 18.8 226 17.0 54.2
40–49 years 4,193 20.5 2,786 19.8 66.4 769 16.7 419 15.5 54.5 345 16.9 222 15.9 64.4 2,632 22.7 1,889 21.9 71.8 447 20.1 256 19.2 57.3
50–59 years 3,612 17.6 2,536 18.1 70.2 771 16.7 475 17.6 61.6 336 16.5 243 17.4 72.3 2,114 18.2 1,570 18.2 74.3 391 17.6 248 18.6 63.4
60–69 years 3,293 16.1 2,447 17.4 74.3 835 18.1 526 17.1 63.0 322 15.8 217 15.5 67.4 1,711 14.7 1,404 16.3 82.1 425 19.1 300 22.5 70.6
70–79 years 2,209 10.8 1,709 12.2 77.4 681 14.7 461 17.1 67.7 211 10.4 164 11.7 77.7 1,060 9.1 908 10.5 85.7 257 11.6 176 13.2 68.5
80–89 years 321 1.6 246 1.8 76.6 118 2.6 80 3.0 67.8 32 1.6 29 2.1 90.6 140 1.2 120 1.4 85.7 31 1.4 17 1.3 54.8
90+ years 16 0.1 14 0.1 87.5 4 0.1 3 0.1 75.0 2 0.1 2 0.1 100.0 8 0.1 8 0.1 100.0 2 0.1 1 0.1 50.0

Sociodemographics are based on information provided in the electronic health record.

a

Samples collected: number and proportion of those who enrolled that provided a saliva sample and the sample was received at the Helix lab (accessioned).