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Consent to Participate in Surveys and Anthropometry at Intervention and Comparison Schools: New Orleans, La, 2003–2005
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Participants | Intervention School | Comparison School | Intervention School | Comparison School | Intervention School | Comparison School |
| Enrollment in grades 2–5, no. | 366 | 344 | 379 | 318 | 381 | 278 |
| Consented, no. (%) | 267 (73) | 232 (67) | 282 (74) | 234 (74) | 309 (81) | 214 (77) |
| Refused, no. (%) | 36 (10) | 33 (10) | 27 (7) | 24 (8) | 40 (10) | 33 (12) |
| Form not returned, no. (%) | 63 (17) | 79 (23) | 70 (18) | 60 (19) | 32 (8) | 31 (11) |
| Surveyed, no. (% of those consenting) | 257 (96) | 208 (90) | 270 (96) | 215 (92) | 300 (97) | 211 (99) |
| Measured, no. (% of those consenting) | 245 (92) | 225 (97) | 264 (94) | 221 (94) | 304 (98) | 206 (96) |