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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2010 May 24;31(5):457–465. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.05.008

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of Participants who completed the study compared to those lost to follow upa.

Non-completersb
N = 364
Completers
N = 319
p-valuec
Age (years) 24.1 ± 0.17 24.9 ± 0.19 0.003
Race
 Asian 57 (15.7%) 46 (14.5%) 0.80
Black or African American 35 (9.6%) 26 (8.1%)
 American Indian or Alaskan Native 3 (0.8%) 1 (0.3%)
 White 252 (69.2%) 232 (72.7%)
 Multi-race 17 (4.7%) 14 (4.4%)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 345 (94.8%) 304 (95.3%) 0.75
 Non-Hispanic 19 (5.2%) 15 (4.7%)
Education
 Less than high school 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.3%) 0.002
 High school 10 (2.7%) 12 (3.8%)
 Vocational training 7 (1.9%) 5 (1.6%)
 Some college 150 (41%) 86 (27.1%)
 College degree 129 (35.3%) 118 (37.2%)
 Graduate or professional degree 68 (18.6%) 95 (30%)
Marital Status
 Never married 301 (82.6%) 262 (82.1%) 0.92
 Married 52 (14.3%) 47 (14.7%)
 Separated 2 (0.6) 1 (0.3%)
 Divorced 6 (1.7%) 5 (1.6%)
 Domestic partnered 3 (0.8%) 4 (1.3%)
Previous Use of Hormonal Contraceptives
 No 347 (95.3%) 299 (93.7%) 0.36
 Yes 17 (4.7%) 20 (6.3%)
Parity
 Nulliparous 332 (91.2%) 298 (93.4%) 0.28
 Parous 32 (8.8%) 21 (6.6%)
a

Continuous variables are expressed as means ± SE and categorical variables are expressed as frequency (%).

b

Non-completers includes women who consented to the study but were not randomized because of failure to complete baseline measurements (n = 292) and women who were randomized but dropped out after randomization (n = 72).

c

p-values are based on Student t-test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables.