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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2008 May 19;207(3):303–311. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.03.012

Table 3.

Dropout Rates for Younger Versus Older Participants

Dropout CARE study Colpocleisis study
< 70 y (n = 276) ≥ 70 y (n = 67) p Value < 80 y (n = 106) ≥ 80 y (n = 63) p Value
Dropout rate between enrollment and randomization/operation, n (%) 21/276 (7.6) 0/67 (0) 0.019 10/106 (9.4) 6/63 (9.5) 1.00
Overall dropout rate after operation, n (%) 17/255 (6.7) 3/67 (4.5) 0.776 10/96 (10.4) 8/57 (14.0) 0.502
Voluntarily withdrew, n 5 0 4 2
Investigator withdrew patient, n 1 0 0 1
Lost to followup, n 8 1 2 4
Death, n 1 2 2 0
Other, n 2 0 2 1

CARE, Colpopexy And Urinary Reduction Efforts.