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 | |
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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%) |
Continuous variables are expressed as means ± SE and categorical variables are expressed as frequency (%).
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).
p-values are based on Student t-test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables.