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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Sep 26;106(1):47–54. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23455

Table 2.

Biospecimen and Environmental Consent (BEC) and Genetic Consent Rate by Visit Type

BEC Consent Rate
No. (%)
Genetic Consent Rate
No. (%)
P1 n=295 292 (99) 268 (91)
T1 n=615 610 (99) 584 (95)
T3-First n=398 398 (100) 392 (98)
Father n=440 435 (99) 410 (93)

Abbreviations: BEC= Biospecimen and Environmental Consent, P1 = pre-pregnancy visit, T1= first trimester visit, T3-First = Third trimester visit among women without a prior study visit.