TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful recruitment of healthy African American men to genomic studies from high-volume community health fairs
T2 - Implications for future genomic research in minority populations
AU - Patel, Yash R.
AU - Carr, Katherine A.
AU - Magjuka, David
AU - Mohammadi, Yousef
AU - Dropcho, Edward F.
AU - Reed, Angela D.
AU - Moore, Marietta L.
AU - Waddell, Mary Jane
AU - Shedd-Steele, Rivienne
AU - Sweeney, Christopher J.
AU - Hahn, Noah M.
PY - 2012/2/15
Y1 - 2012/2/15
N2 - Background: Study of genomic data obtained from patient biospecimens is frequent in research of subjects with prostate and other epithelial malignancies. Understanding of the characteristics of healthy men who participate in genomic research is limited. Methods: Patients were identified through the Prostate Cancer Genetic Risk Evaluation of SNPs Study and the Indiana University Cancer Biomarker Study, 2 population-based biomarker and cohort studies. Between 2006 and 2010, healthy Caucasian (n = 774) and healthy African American (n = 381) men were recruited and enrolled at high-volume free community health fairs. Each participant completed a demographic questionnaire and provided a blood sample for genomic research investigations. Frequency differences between demographic features of healthy African American and Caucasian men were compared and analyzed by 2-sample t test and multivariate logistic regression after adjusting potential confounding variables with significance at the P <.05 level. Features examined included: age, body mass index (BMI), income, education, marital status, tobacco, alcohol, family history, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, and prior prostate cancer screening history. Results: Significant differences between healthy Caucasian and African American men participating in genomic research included: marital status (married, 69% Caucasian vs 46% African American, P< <.001), mean age (years, 58 Caucasian vs 54 African American, P <.001), mean BMI (kg/m 2, 30.9 Caucasian vs 32.3 African American, P =.004), annual income (P =.038), education (P =.002), and mean PSA (ng/mL, 1.2 Caucasian vs 2.0 African American, P =.005). Conclusions: Significant demographic differences exist between healthy Caucasian and African American men choosing to participate in genomic research. These differences may be important in designing genomic research study recruitment strategies.
AB - Background: Study of genomic data obtained from patient biospecimens is frequent in research of subjects with prostate and other epithelial malignancies. Understanding of the characteristics of healthy men who participate in genomic research is limited. Methods: Patients were identified through the Prostate Cancer Genetic Risk Evaluation of SNPs Study and the Indiana University Cancer Biomarker Study, 2 population-based biomarker and cohort studies. Between 2006 and 2010, healthy Caucasian (n = 774) and healthy African American (n = 381) men were recruited and enrolled at high-volume free community health fairs. Each participant completed a demographic questionnaire and provided a blood sample for genomic research investigations. Frequency differences between demographic features of healthy African American and Caucasian men were compared and analyzed by 2-sample t test and multivariate logistic regression after adjusting potential confounding variables with significance at the P <.05 level. Features examined included: age, body mass index (BMI), income, education, marital status, tobacco, alcohol, family history, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, and prior prostate cancer screening history. Results: Significant differences between healthy Caucasian and African American men participating in genomic research included: marital status (married, 69% Caucasian vs 46% African American, P< <.001), mean age (years, 58 Caucasian vs 54 African American, P <.001), mean BMI (kg/m 2, 30.9 Caucasian vs 32.3 African American, P =.004), annual income (P =.038), education (P =.002), and mean PSA (ng/mL, 1.2 Caucasian vs 2.0 African American, P =.005). Conclusions: Significant demographic differences exist between healthy Caucasian and African American men choosing to participate in genomic research. These differences may be important in designing genomic research study recruitment strategies.
KW - African American
KW - community health fairs
KW - demographics
KW - genomic research
KW - healthy population
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U2 - 10.1002/cncr.26328
DO - 10.1002/cncr.26328
M3 - Article
C2 - 21766294
AN - SCOPUS:84856793738
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 118
SP - 1075
EP - 1082
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 4
ER -