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Table 1 Sources of attrition in wave 2 overall and stratified by raceb

From: Modelling attrition and nonparticipation in a longitudinal study of prostate cancer

Sources of Attrition

N (%)

AAa (%)

EAa (%)

p-valuec,d

Deceased

118 (26)

59 (50)

59 (50)

1.000

Frail

23 (5)

13 (57)

10 (44)

0.532

Lost to Follow-Up

87 (19)

69 (79)

18 (21)

< 0.001

Passive Refusal

29 (6)

22 (76)

7 (24)

0.005

Active Refusale

206 (45)

103 (50)

103 (50)

1.000

Total

463 (100)

266 (58)

197 (43)

0.001

  1. aAA african american, EA european american
  2. bTotal participants of wave 2 = 764 men (62%)
  3. cp-values were obtained from binomial exact tests separately for each reason to assess racial differences
  4. dSignificant p-values at Type I error 0.05 are bolded
  5. eIncludes 46 men who refused further contact at the time of wave 1