TABLE 3.

Characteristics of the Comparing Options for Management: Patient-centered Results for Uterine Fibroids (COMPARE-UF) clinical centers and their affiliated recruiting sites

Characteristic	COMPARE-UF clinical centers
	Mayo Clinic (E.A Stewart, MD, PI)	University of California Fibroid Network (V. Jacoby, MD, MAS, PI)	Henry Ford Health System (G. Wegienka, PhD, PI)	University of Mississippi Medical Center (K. Wallace, PhD, PI)	University of Michigan (E.E. Marsh, MD, MSci, PI)	University of North Carolina (W.K. Nicholson, MD, MPH, MBA, PI)	Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School (R.M. Anchan, MD, PhD, PI)	Inova Health System (G.L. Maxwell, MD, PI)	Department of Defense (W.H. Catherino, MD, PhD, PI)
Recruitment sites	Rochester and Mankato, MN; La Crosse and Eau Claire, WI; Phoenix, AZ; Jacksonville, FL	San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Davis, and Irvine, CA	Detroit, MI, and vicinity	Jackson, MS	Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI, and vicinity	Chapel Hill, NC	Brigham and Women’s, Beth Israel, and Massachusetts General Hospitals Boston, MA	Alexandria and Fairfax, VA	Walter Reed, Madigan, and Tripler Army Medical Centers
Key patient populations
African American women			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Other minoritiesa	AI, H	A, PI, H	H		H, A		A, H		A, H, PI
Obese women	X		X	X
Urban			X		X		X	X	X
Rural	X	X		X		X
Community-based care	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Key study infrastructure
Electronic medical records	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Clinical Translational Science Award	X	X			X	X	X
Biorepository	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Practice-based Research Network			X			X
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Clinical Data Research Network applicant	X			X		X
Specific less common procedures
Uterine artery embolization	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound	X	X					X		X
Radiofrequency ablation		X

^aAmerican Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic.