Consent to Specimen Storage and Continuing Studies by Race and Ethnicity: A Large Dataset Analysis Using the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Table 2
Relative odds for consent to biospecimen storage and future research in adult participants of the 2011-2012 NHANES aged 20 years or more.
Independent variables*
OR
95% CI
value
Age (in years)
20–39
1.977
(0.910, 4.293)
0.0851
40–59
8.647
(2.004, 37.317)
0.0038
Race**
Mexican-Asian
1.589
(0.191, 13.228)
0.6683
Other Hispanics
0.210
(0.073, 0.608)
0.0040
Non-Hispanic Black
0.855
(0.260, 2.807)
0.7962
Non-Hispanic Asian
0.257
(0.091, 0.725)
0.0102
Multiracial/other races
0.221
(0.044, 1.105)
0.0660
Race overall
0.0085
Education
<9th grade
0.518
(0.211, 1.273)
0.1518
≥high school Graduate/GED equivalent
4.463
(0.603, 33.034)
0.1430
Education overall
0.0997
Gender (female)
0.564
(0.270, 1.180)
0.1284
Note: each row represents output of one simple logistic regression between consent (dependent variable) and the independent variable listed in this column. Race determined by subject self-report, as recorded in NHANES code RIDRETH3.
