Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of FORGE participants by race/ethnicity.
| Characteristics | Black/African American (n = 28) |
White or Latinaa (n = 17) |
Total (N = 45) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (column percentage) or median (IQR) | |||
| Age (years) | 39 (33-46) | 40 (36-43) | 39 (36-46) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.4 (26.6-40.7) | 24.8 (21.7-27.1) | 28.5 (25.1-35.5) |
| Private insurance | 17 (61%) | 12 (71%) | 29 (64%) |
| Surgery type | |||
| Myomectomy | 12 (43%) | 14 (82%) | 26 (58%) |
| Hysterectomy | 16 (57%) | 3 (18%) | 19 (42%) |
| No. of fibroids | 4 (2-6) | 3 (1-7) | 4 (2-6) |
| Size of largest fibroid | 7.3 (5.9-11.2) | 8.3 (3.5-11.0) | 7.7 (5.8-11.0) |
| Uterine volume | 664 (239-1228) | 606 (327-799) | 646 (243-1082) |
Abbreviations: FORGE, Fibroids, Observational Research on Genes and the Environment study; BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); IQR, interquartile range.
a
One participant self-identified as Latina.