Table 2.

Clinical characteristics for African American participants and non-participants

Characteristics, units	Discussion group participants	Completed phone interviews	Survey responders	Non-participants
Sample size, n	52	37	30	32
Age, years	74 ±8	74 ±7	75 ± 8	76 ±9
Gender, % female	83	76	73	66
Education, years	15 ± 3	15 ± 3	15 ± 3	14 ±3
MMSE, total score	28 ± 2	27 ± 3	28 ± 2	26±5
WRAT-3 Reading, total score	46 ± 7	46 ± 7	46 ± 8	46 ±6
Time in Registry, years	5 ± 2	5 ± 2	5 ± 2	4 ±3*
Brain Donation Status
Yes%	52	59	50	41
No%	19	14	20	16
Will Consider %	29	27	30	44

Values are denoted as percentages or mean ± SD; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; WRAT-3, Wide Range Achievement Test, 3rd Edition; Wilcoxon tests were used to compare means for continuous variables, and Pearson chi-square tests were used to compare frequency distribution of categorical variables, including gender and brain donation status;

^*p < 0.05 significant difference from discussion group participants.