Table 1. Summary of Diagnostic and Radical Prostatectomy Tissue Collected by Core 1

  North Carolina Pre-Katrina Louisiana Post-Katrina Louisiana
AA CA Total AA CA Total AA CA Total
Diagnostic Tissue
Consented: N (% of subjects completing visit) 502 (99.4) 526 (100) 1028 (99.7) 119 (100) 94 (100) 213 (100) 506 (100) 507 (99.8) 1013 (99.9)
Declined by hospital/lab: N (% of subjects who consented) 56 (11.2) 40 (7.6) 96 (9.3) 32 (26.9) 12 (12.8) 44 (20.7) 81 (16.0) 15 (3.0) 96 (9.5)
Received: N (% of subjects completing visit) 412 (81.6) 467 (88.8) 879 (85.3) 53 (44.5) 60 (63.8) 113 (53.1) 364 (71.9) 411 (80.9) 775 (76.4)
Tissue
Chose RP*: N (% of subjects completing visit) 289 (57.2) 349 (66.3) 638 (61.9) 58 (48.7) 41 (43.6) 99 (46.5) 230 (45.5) 279 (54.9) 509 (50.2)
Consented, if chose RP: N (% of subjects who chose RP) 260 (90.0) 333 (95.4) 593 (92.9) 23 (39.7) 27 (65.9) 50 (50.5) 229 (99.6) 278 (99.6) 507 (99.6)
Declined by hospital/lab: N (% of subjects who chose RP and consented) 23 (8.8) 45 (13.5) 68 (11.5) 3 (13.0) 4 (14.8) 7 (14.0) 13 (5.7) 25 (9.0) 38 (7.5)
Received: N (% of subjects completing visit, % of subjects who chose RP) 195 (38.6, 67.5) 241 (45.8, 69.1) 436 (42.3, 68.3) 9 (7.6, 15.5) 10 (10.6, 24.4) 19 (8.9, 19.2) 171 (33.8, 74.3) 165 (32.5, 59.1) 336 (33.1, 66.0)

* According to self-report at the study visit that RP had been performed or was planned