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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2010 Mar 15;31(4):293–302. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.03.007

Table 3. Demographic characteristics of the women who were screened, those who failed to qualify, qualified but did not agree to be randomized, and qualified and were randomized to the SPARE Study.

Characteristic Screened


(n= 524)
Failed
to
Qualify
(n= 192)
Qualified but
not
Randomized
(n= 84)
Qualified
and
Randomized
(n= 248)
Age (years), n (%)
 45-49 116 (22.1) 45 (23.4) 21 (25.0) 50 (20.2)
 50-54 263 (50.2) 96 (50.0) 38 (45.2) 129 (52.0)
 55-60 145 (27.7) 51 (26.6) 25 (29.8) 69 (27.8)
Age, years, mean ± SD 52.3 ± 3.4 52.1 ± 3.3 52.5 ± 3.3 52.5 ± 3.3
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 White Hispanic 366 (69.8) 139 (72.4) 63 (75.0) 164 (66.1)
 White non-Hispanic 104 (19.8) 33 (17.2) 15 (17.9 56 (22.6)
 Black 45 (8.6) 17 (8.9) 4 (4.8) 24 (9.7)
 Asian 9 (1.7) 3 (1.6) 2 (2.4) 4 (1.6)
Education, n (%)
 Less than high school 84 (16.0) 33 (17.2) 16 (19.0) 35 (14.1)
 High school 117 (22.4) 51 (26.6) 16 (19.0) 50 (20.2)
 Part College 117 (22.3) 33 (17.2) 20 (23.9) 64 (25.8)
 College 109 (20.8) 34 (17.7) 16 (19.0) 59 (23.8)
 Post College 86 (16.4) 30 (15.6) 16 (19.0) 40 (16.0)
 Unknown 11 (2.1) 11 (5.7) 0 0
 Education, years, mean ± SD 14.3 ± 3.4 13.9 ± 3.6 14.3 ± 3.2 14.5 ± 3.3
Marital status, n (%)
 Married or Significant other 297 (56.7) 97 (50.5) 47 (56.0) 153 (61.7)
 Divorced/Separated 156 (29.8) 62 (32.3) 29 (34.5) 65 (26.2)
 Widowed 17 (3.2) 5 (2.6) 3 (3.6) 9 (3.6)
 Never Married 44 (8.4) 18 (9.4) 5 (6.0) 21 (8.5)
 Unknown 10 (1.9) 10 (5.2) 0 0