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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Genet. 2018 Dec 22;56(5):317–324. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2018-105577

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and analysis of sample bias, n = 5,106

Total
n=5106
Consenters
n=3037
Ineligible
n=76
Non
Responders
n=1567
Active
Refusers
n=426
p value



Sex 0.02a
 Female 2,884 (100) 1,757 (60.9) 45 (1.6) 834 (28.9) 248 (8.6)
 Male 2,222 (100) 1,280 (57.6) 31 (1.4) 733 (33.0) 178 (8.0)
Age (y) at study invite <0.01c
 Mean (SD) 60.0 (8.5) 60.4 (8.1) 61.5 (7.0) 58.7 (9.1) 61.6 (8.3)
 Range (24.7–71.1) (26.0–71.1) (36.5–71.0) (24.7–71.1) (25.9–71.0)
Race 0.53a
 White 4,944 (100) 2,949 (59.6) 75 (1.5) 1,506 (30.5) 414 (8.4)
 Black or African American 24 (100) 12 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 11 (45.8) 1 (4.2)
 Asian 44 (100) 23 (52.3) 1 (2.3) 18 (40.9) 2 (4.5)
 Other or unknown 94 (100) 53 (56.4) 0 (0.0) 32 (34.0) 9 (9.6)
Ethnicity 0.72a
 Not Hispanic or Latino 4,967 (100) 2,956 (59.5) 72 (1.4) 1,522 (30.6) 417 (8.4)
 Hispanic or Latino 21 (100) 11 (52.4) 1 (4.8) 8 (38.1) 1 (4.8)
 Unknown 118 (100) 70 (59.3) 3 (2.5) 37 (31.4) 8 (6.8)
Marital status 0.01a
 Married / partnered 4,015 (100) 2,435 (60.6) 58 (1.4) 1,170 (29.1) 352 (8.8)
 No longer partneredd 677 (100) 389 (57.5) 12 (1.8) 235 (34.7) 41 (6.1)
 Single, never married 413 (100) 213 (51.6) 6 (1.5) 161 (39.0) 33 (8.0)
Education <0.01b
 Missing 300 114 3 150 33
 Grades 1–8 8 (100) 2 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (62.5) 1 (12.5)
 Grades 9–11 38 (100) 11 (28.9) 1 (2.6) 24 (63.2) 2 (5.3)
 Grade 12/GED 646 (100) 351 (54.3) 8 (1.2) 206 (31.9) 81 (12.5)
 College 1–3 years 1,962 (100) 1,134 (57.8) 27 (1.4) 632 (32.2) 169 (8.6)
 College 4+ years 1,223 (100) 778 (63.6) 19 (1.6) 328 (26.8) 98 (8.0)
 Grad/professional school 929 (100) 647 (69.6) 18 (1.9) 222 (23.9) 42 (4.5)
Registry membership <0.01a
 Mayo Clinic Biobank 4,786 (100) 2,925 (61.1) 70 (1.5) 1,427 (29.8) 364 (7.6)
 Mayo VDB 320 (100) 112 (35.0) 6 (1.9) 140 (43.8) 62 (19.4)
Tenure (months) in biobank 0.01b
 Mean (SD) 58.1 (19.7) 57.1 (19.8) 62.2 (21.6) 59.1 (19.4) 61.2 (19.1)
 Range (5.0–116.0) (5.0–107.6) (10.4–107.3) (7.2–116.0) (9.4–110.9)
a

Chi-Square;

b

Kruskal Wallis;

c

ANOVA F-Test;

d

Divorced, separated, or widowed