Table 3.

Participation rates in baseline and follow-up examinations, excluding withdrawals,^a Project HeartBeat!, 1991–1995

(1)	(2)		(3)	(4)	(5)
	Eligibles		Eligibles examined	Eligibles examined	Eligibles examined
Number of examinations	n	%	n	% of (2)	% of total
1+	678	100.0	678	100.0	100.0
2+	650	95.9	650	100.0	95.9
3+	628	92.6	623	99.2	91.9
4+	609	89.8	599	98.4	88.3
5+	583	86.0	577	99.0	85.1
6+	572	84.4	559	97.7	82.4
7+	553	81.6	537	97.1	79.2
8+	512	75.5	493	96.3	72.7
9+	466	68.7	440	94.4	64.9
10+	396	58.4	350	88.4	51.6
11+	159	23.5	129	81.1	19.0
12+	3	0.4	2	66.7	0.3
Total	5809	100.0	5637	97.0

^aWithdrawals are participants electively discontinuing follow-up assessment because of relocation or refusal.